[lbo-talk] Teamsters quit AFL-CIO

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Jul 26 08:50:19 PDT 2005


Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:


>I am not sure if this is true - blue collar rank and file tends to be
>socially conservative and patriotic and thus vote Republican. In other
>words, unions membership does not necessarily mean votes for Democrats -
>identity politics is IMHO a much bigger factor.

I think you're wrong about this. Union members are more likely to vote Dem than non-union people. I've never seen a formal study, but I bet if you did a statistical analysis controlling for all other demographic factors, a union membership variable would still significantly predict a Dem vote. Lemme ask Ruy Teixeira.

Doug



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