http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X1ii9uWnJI&feature=player_embeddedBy: Michael Whitney Friday January 22, 2010 11:34 am
A post-election poll by the AFL-CIO shows that more Massachusetts union members voted for Republican Scott Brown than Democrat Martha Coakley in what the labor federation dubs a “working class revolt.” Union voters, concluded the AFL-CIO, are dissatisfied at the slow pace of change and perceive Obama and Congress as doing too little to help the middle class.
Republican Scott Brown’s victory in the Massachusetts Senate race was lifted by strong support from union households, in a sign of trouble for President Barack Obama and Democrats who are counting on union support in the 2010 midterm elections.
A poll conducted on behalf of the AFL-CIO found that 49% of Massachusetts union households supported Mr. Brown in Tuesday’s voting, while 46% supported Democrat Martha Coakley. The poll conducted by Hart Research Associates surveyed 810 voters.
Let’s pull that out to be as clear as we can. Margin by which union members voted in MA-Sen on Tuesday:
Scott Brown: 49%
Martha Coakley: 46%
Ouch.
Tula Connell wrote over at the front page of FDL yesterday about some of the other issues hit on by the poll, including the fact that voters across the board want to see more change, invalidating baseless concerns of “overreach” and calls to “move to the center.”
FULL story at link.
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