Joe Biden has often touted himself as labor’s best friend, one of the biggest voices for their interests on the Hill. And yet, the president of the United Auto Workers union admitted in January that “a great majority of our members will not vote for President Biden.” There’s another labor union that could be very soft on their support for the president, and it’s a major one: the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. President Sean O’Brien agreed to speak at the Republican National Convention this summer (via NY Post):
It’s a development that marks Biden’s remarkable weakness among his core voter groups. The Obama coalition appears to have vanished, with young people remarkably unenthused about this election and union support fracturing. Black voters under 50 have fled Democrats in ways that should force the president’s team to wonder whether Biden, with all these vulnerabilities and a dismal approval rating, could pull a re-election effort. It’s why FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver wondered if Biden should outright quit now, which angered liberals.
CNN’s Harry Enten was aghast at Biden’s dip with black voters, adding that he doesn’t see anything that could reverse this trend in the foreseeable future. Trump is on pace to have a historic performance with black voters. Will the same be true with labor unions? […]
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