Shrinking union base a warning for Democrats

[TexasTowelie]

WASHINGTON -- One of the more stunning developments in what was already the surprising victory of Republican Donald Trump in the presidential election was the way the industrial Midwest fell like dominoes for him.

First, Ohio. Then Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Michigan, one week after the election, still hadn’t been called, but election officials said Trump looked poised to win that state as well.

All four were strongholds for President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, in large part because of strong union support. Indiana went for Obama in 2008, flipped to the Republican column in 2012, and then made a more definitive statement on Nov. 8, when Hillary Clinton won just four counties and received less than 38 percent of the vote.

Indiana has long been considered a red state, but the others have either been reliably blue or a swing state going back many election cycles. So what happened this year?

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[duffyduff]

1. Thirty years too late

I simply don't care anymore. Besides, several of those "union" states have voted for "right-to-work," and these white dude MORONS continue to vote against their economic self-interest.

Minorities are part of our society. Women aren't going back to the home. Stop voting GOP.

[Javaman]

2. plus 1 That was the very first thing that I thought as well.

NOW they are concerned?

current union membership in the U.S. is well under 10%. Perhaps if the Dems acted like actual Dems, then we would still have strong unions with Dem support.

this isn't so much as closing the barn door after the horse left, this is more like bringing a glass of water to the barn fire after it's burned down.

[MFM008]

3. The states in the EC that

Voted maggot were supposed to be union bastions.
Now they can reap what they have sewn.
FO.