Labor Unions and White Democratic Partisanship
@article{Macdonald2020LaborUA, title={Labor Unions and White Democratic Partisanship}, author={D. Macdonald}, journal={Political Behavior}, year={2020}, pages={1-21} }
The Democratic Party’s declining support among white voters is a defining feature of contemporary American politics. Extant research has emphasized factors such as elite polarization and demographic change but has overlooked another important trend, the decades-long decline of labor union membership. This oversight is surprising, given organized labor’s long ties to the Democratic Party. I argue that the concurrent decline of union membership and white support for the Democratic Party is not… CONTINUE READING
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