Harry Enten of CNN recently raised some red flags for the Kamala Harris campaign regarding support from union households. Harris is at a record low, polling even lower than Hillary Clinton in 2016.
We recently noted that Democrats are privately worried about the non-endorsement of Harris by the Teamsters Union. It looks like they have good reasons to be concerned.
Transcript via Real Clear Politics:
HARRY ENTEN, CNN: Sometimes there are data points that just jump off the screen and should set off sirens. Alright, this is union households, this is the Democratic margin in the presidential election. It ain’t what it used to be.You go back to 1992, Bill Clinton won that union vote by 30 points. Hillary Clinton only won it by 12 points back in 2016. That was the lowest mark for a Democrat since 1984, Mondale versus Reagan. But look at where Kamala Harris is today. She is only leading by nine points. That would be the worst Democratic performance in a generation. Ten points off the mark of Joe Biden, who of course won four years ago as sort of that union guy, “Union Joe,” right? He won by 19 points. She’s ten points off his mark, and the worst in a generation if this, in fact, holds…Folks who use their hands. I think a lot of people often conflate the union vote with those who use their hands. Mike Rowe, of course, has been arguing more people should go to trade schools, more people should get a vocational degree. Look at this margin. This, to me — oh boy, does this tell you about the state of our politics now versus back in the early 1990s. The margin among vocational and trade school grads in pre-election polling: Bill Clinton was leading that vote over George H.W. Bush by seven points. Look at where Donald Trump is today over Kamala Harris — a 31-point advantage.When I think people think of the working class, they think of people who use their hands. And we know that Donald Trump has been going after that vote, and he is in a very, very strong position—more so perhaps than with any other bloc.
Watch the clip below:
Now you know why Kamala Harris claims that she grew up ‘middle class’ almost every time she speaks. Trump is doing extremely well with working class Americans. This could be the tipping point in the election.
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