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In reply to the discussion: 43 percent of union members in Ohio support Romney? [View all]byeya
(2,842 posts)10. Even in West Virginia, most miners are not organized anymore.
So these miners have no say in pay, safety, or anything else relating to their work life.
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The polite phrasing is cultural conservatives who vote against their economic interests
BeyondGeography
Oct 2012
#1
We saw this same phenomenon play out in the WI recall election. Union members voting against....
Tarheel_Dem
Oct 2012
#3
In the last debate didn't Romney say his father owned an element of anti-union car manufacturing?
Media Lies
Oct 2012
#17
not everyone in a union really cares about that. They also go to church, hunt & fish, etc.
limpyhobbler
Oct 2012
#19
I'm kind of sick of posts that call working class people or rural people stupid.
limpyhobbler
Oct 2012
#24
if they get screwed by the repubs turning ohio into right-to-work state the 2 or 3
leftyohiolib
Oct 2012
#23
do you mean more than the republicans appeal to working class-the democartic party
leftyohiolib
Oct 2012
#41
If read some of the retrospectives on George McGovern that came out this past week
Beowulf
Oct 2012
#28