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In reply to the discussion: Lack of Support Among Union Members for Democrats [View all]elleng
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You make the candidates fit the area...Sherrod Brown is very liberal (love him) but he also speaks
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#166
I'm a union member. Your co-workers, and ANY Republican-voting union members, have to
Squinch
Feb 2018
#2
Maybe not useful, but true and as I say, the question is now moot. They'll know soon
Squinch
Feb 2018
#8
I'm talking about the SC decision that is expected to take away the unions' rights to require
Squinch
Feb 2018
#77
I think you meant to say Scalia had just died. You accidentally said Alito. (eom)
StevieM
Feb 2018
#180
The supreme court has a case before it as we speak that will abolish the right of unions
Squinch
Feb 2018
#97
In the vast majority of places where they have been enacted, unions have disappeared.
Squinch
Feb 2018
#125
That's it. I'm really tired of tip-toeing around the fact that is as plain as the nose on our faces.
Squinch
Feb 2018
#20
This is a myth, though a very widely spread one. The number of voters who voted for Obama
Squinch
Feb 2018
#65
And gerrymandering and the FBI and Russia. NOT the mythical poor white guy who's all worried
Squinch
Feb 2018
#79
It's nowhere near 9%. Nate is misquoting his underlying study. From the link in your article to
Squinch
Feb 2018
#95
I disagree. Knocking doors in Ohio for Hillary was way different than knocking for Obama
OhioBlue
Feb 2018
#143
But a lot of that was because Comey and the FBI torpedoed her reputation going back to 2015.
StevieM
Feb 2018
#181
Some of GOTV was hurt because of Comey, I would agree to that.. but she was already
OhioBlue
Feb 2018
#187
But she might have been up in Ohio had it not been for the earlier Comey press conference in July.
StevieM
Feb 2018
#188
What if three more people of color and/or women came out to vote because we called out
Squinch
Feb 2018
#61
There is every reason why you can't appeal to both groups. One group IS women and
Squinch
Feb 2018
#74
There are a lot of bigots in the country. Will trumps white male support go down after defending
JI7
Feb 2018
#94
That is one industry, and that's unusual. Look at every other RTW state and every other
Squinch
Feb 2018
#22
The evidence is out there for all to see. The reason for the loss of wages and security for
Squinch
Feb 2018
#34
The reason I resent them so much is that I am a union member, and they are taking
Squinch
Feb 2018
#114
AGREE People want FREE union benefits. don't want to pay dues. courts are breaking unions all over!
bluestarone
Feb 2018
#129
Mostly white males who, frankly and sadly, mostly vote repug (white male progressives are with us).
brush
Feb 2018
#4
Are they mostly men? Are they more sympathetic to corporate owners than their neighbors? Hoping for
bettyellen
Feb 2018
#5
So, mostly white and mostly men? Im going to guess they like Trump in immigration and taxes?
bettyellen
Feb 2018
#24
they come back to the fold when their $15/hr job disappears and they are making $8/hr, until the
beachbum bob
Feb 2018
#9
yup, the base of the party and the ones targeted for voter suppression by republicans
JI7
Feb 2018
#141
The people in this thread criticizing the OP's premise must like being in the minority.
Calista241
Feb 2018
#17
No. That's not why we lost in 16. We lost because of gerrymandering, voter suppression,
Squinch
Feb 2018
#31
I haven't attacked you at all. I have called union voters who vote for Trump(R) by their
Squinch
Feb 2018
#68
Do you have ANY idea how insulting it is for loyal black voters, who have voted Democratic election
EffieBlack
Feb 2018
#128
Russian interference and Comey is why we lost. And we still got millions more votes
JI7
Feb 2018
#35
They left the fold after civil rights so you bring them back by not supporting civil rights anymore
JI7
Feb 2018
#25
Democrats did well because of strong turnout of POC, and other base of the party. Beggibg bigoted m
JI7
Feb 2018
#60
They voted for trump because they agreed with his bigotry, that's why they still approve of the job
JI7
Feb 2018
#50
Alabama showed us how to do it: huge GOTV among women and people of color, and we can't lose.
Squinch
Feb 2018
#98
LOL! So I guess we have to assume that GOTV among women and people of color just
Squinch
Feb 2018
#127
Alabama shows we shouldn't beg White Men for Votes considering such a large majority voted for a
JI7
Feb 2018
#155
Im thinking union members will long for the days when they got overtime pay when
a kennedy
Feb 2018
#73
In South, you are talking about bigots and xenophobes. Nothing worse than Archie Bunker
Hoyt
Feb 2018
#82
Unlike the model of progressive governance and pro union government we see in Wisconsin?
GulfCoast66
Feb 2018
#134
The AFL CIO supported Nixon in 72 because of the anti-Vietnam War stance of many Democrats.
jalan48
Feb 2018
#89
We have an asshole in this Congressional District named Bill Johnson. He came about
doc03
Feb 2018
#130
And there's at least one poster in this very thread who was one of the people spreading it.
Squinch
Feb 2018
#108
That's a good point. It explains why a phony scandal about an email server could be taken so far.
StevieM
Feb 2018
#183
We should make an effort but should definitely not bust our asses trying to win them back
EffieBlack
Feb 2018
#112
Thank you for stating some facts in the face of all the old, tired, disproven myths that
Squinch
Feb 2018
#177
If they vote for Trump again who has done nothing for any of of them...than it is about racism...and
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#164