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Survey among 815 voting union membersconducted
November 7, 2000
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Election 2000 Union Members Presidential Vote
RalphNader
Other
GeorgeW. Bush
Al Gore
For U.S. House, members voted 70 Democratic, 29
Republican.
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Election 2000 Presidential Vote The Union
Difference
Gore Advantage
RalphNader
Other
Public even -24-1 even-2 -2519 3
Union 31 941 3036 851 42
All voters White men White women Non-college
ed. College grads Gun owners Non-gun owners
Seniors
GeorgeW. Bush
Al Gore
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Issue-Oriented Members Supported Al Gore
Which factor was most important in your
presidential vote?
Factors Effect on Vote
Political party
NS
Issues
Character
Gore Bush
70 26
41 51
Personalcharacter/values
Positions on issues
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Members Top Voting Issues
Top Two Issues in my Presidential Vote
SocialSecurity
Economyand jobs
Health care/Rx drugs
Education
Taxes
Moral values
Gun issues
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Members Look To Their Union

• 69 agree that unions need to invest time
  and money in politics to counter corporate
  influence.
• 62 say they trust unions to take the right
  stand on major issues.
• Members two most important presidential
  qualities are on the side of working
  families (49) and supports unions and
  union members (38).

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Unions Reached Their Members
( saying they received election info from each
source)
All union sources Union publication Mail to
home Workplace flyer Phone call Workplace contact
employed members
48 received at least three forms of union
contact.
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Impact Of Union ContactOn Presidential Vote
High contact
Low contact
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Presidential Swing Voters

• 26 of members considered supporting another
  candidate for president.
• The top issues in their vote decision were
  the economy, Social Security, and health care.
• Nearly all (96) were contacted by their
  union/AFL-CIO.
• Swing voters supported Gore over Bush by a
  35-point margin (61 to 26).

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Members Support Working Families Agenda
( who strongly/somewhat favor each proposal)
Kids health coverage Right to organize Raise
minimum wage Medicare Rx drugs HMO patient
protection Teachers/schoolmodernization Repetitiv
e strain Expand FMLA
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Members Oppose Going Backward
National right-to-work law Social
Securityprivatization Voluntaryovertime pay
By 80 to 15, members priority for surplus is
strengthening Social Security and Medicare, not a
1.6 trillion tax cut.
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Survey among 815 voting union membersconducted
November 7, 2000