Organized labor in the Keystone State may be backing the Democrat in the presidential election, but it’s entirely possible Vice President Kamala Harris may be singing the Rust Belt Blues on election night. That’s what Emerson College’s latest survey of Pennsylvania shows — strong support from union members and families doesn’t mean others are sold.
An old labor anthem posits, “There is power in a union.” But the question going into November is exactly how much unions in Pennsylvania hold.
Organized labor in the Keystone State may be backing the Democrat in the presidential election, but it’s entirely possible Vice President Kamala Harris may be singing the Rust Belt Blues on election night.
That’s what Emerson College‘s latest survey of Pennsylvania shows — strong support from union members and families doesn’t mean others are sold.
“Pennsylvania likely voters in unions break for Harris by 15 points, 57% to 42%, while those not in a union and without union members in the household break for Trump, 50% to 48%,” said Spencer Kimball, Emerson College Polling’s executive director. “Those with union members in the household break from Trump, 50% to 42%.”
Unions are not nearly as potent a political force in Pennsylvania as they once were.
