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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUNIONS Claim Romney PAYING THE PRICE For Labor Fights In Ohio, Wisc

The fights picked with organized labor by the Republican governors of Wisconsin and Ohio are coming back to haunt Mitt Romney in the final days of the presidential race, unions say.Labor groups say their internal polling shows labor support for President Obama in the all-important battleground state of Ohio and the electoral vote cash cow of Wisconsin is as high or higher than it was in 2008. They attribute the numbers to residual fallout from the 2011 SB 5 collective bargaining fight in Ohio and the Wisconsin battle between labor unions and Gov. Scott Walker.



The biggest effect may be in Ohio, where Democrats and labor beat back SB 5 at the ballot box following the anti-collective bargaining laws passage by the Republican-controlled state legislature and Gov. John Kasich. Internal numbers from AFSCME show an increase in union household support for Obama in Ohio in the upcoming election versus internal polling from 2008.
Ohio progressive blog Plunderbund first reported the AFSCME Ohio numbers Saturday:
AFSCME Polling numbers show
Obama leading Romney 59/36 (+23)
with union households this year,
compared to 55/39 (+16) in 2008.
http://www.plunderbund.com/2012/11/03/union-voters-breaking-for-obama-thanks-sb5kasich/
Obama leading Romney 59/36 (+23)
with union households this year,
compared to 55/39 (+16) in 2008.
http://www.plunderbund.com/2012/11/03/union-voters-breaking-for-obama-thanks-sb5kasich/
AFSCMEs numbers out of Wisconsin are less pronounced. Internal polling conducted Oct. 21 and shared with TPM showed Obama leading union households in the Badger State by a margin of 69-26 versus Romney. In the unions 2008 poll, Obama won union households by a margin of 68-30 vs John McCain.Polling from labor PAC Workers Voice shows Obama approaching his 2008 exit poll totals among union voters in Wisconsin and Ohio. The group says the union fights in both states have boosted support for Democrats among GOP-leaning union members, as well as helped labor build out election infrastructure in both states much earlier than usual.

From a mechanics stand point weve had our full field operation set up and running in those places for years, instead of just setting up for election, Workers Voice spokesperson Eddie Vale told TPM. Union voters who are more likely to be Republicans in police, fire building trades and teaching are turned off after the state battles, Vale said. Attacks on collective bargaining pushed them away from Republicans, who they supported in the past, Vale said. AFSCME is confident their polling shows Romney suffering from the anti-collective bargaining effort led by Republican governors.
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UNIONS Claim Romney PAYING THE PRICE For Labor Fights In Ohio, Wisc (Original Post)
Segami
Nov 2012
OP
Orlandodem
(1,115 posts)1. Solidarity works!
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)2. With all of
the law suites coming as a result of Repuke fake charges and actions against Organized labor,some states are going to feel a real money pinch. By 2014 the last of the hate mongers should or most of them be out the door.
Mothdust
(133 posts)3. yeah!!! -
Republicans expect they can brand and demonize any group of people they choose to hate and that everyone will magically agree with them, and gang up on and destroy that group for them, all without any backlash whatsoever. Then when they don't get their way, they whine and cry and act all put out- then act like everyone's possessed by the Devil, except for themselves !