[lbo-talk] What Was Missing At YearlyKos

[ravi]

At around 21/6/06 3:02 pm, Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Jun 21, 2006, at 2:20 PM, ravi wrote:
> 
>> Isn't it true that what the Democrats really need from Labour is the
>> votes, which they (Labour) have got pretty poor at delivering in the
>> last few cycles? (IIRC, only 60% or so?).
> 
> According to the exit polls, union households went 61% for Kerry, vs.
> 48% for non-union. That's not a trivial difference.
> 

Not trivial, but only 10% over a coin-toss (or 20% over a coin-toss
result). Is there any reason (other than bigotry, religion, etc) why
union members, unlike say African Americans (who IIRC vote 90+%
Democrat), do not realize or see their interests as more closely aligned
with the Democrats than the GOP?

	--ravi

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