Union Members Vote Overwhelmingly For Kerry

From: Sacramento Observer | Date: November 17, 2004 | Copyright information

Sacramento Observer
11-17-2004
WASHINGTON -- Election Day exit polling and an independent national survey
show that union members turned out in huge numbers to vote on Election Day,
and they voted for Senator John Kerry by 65 percent compared to 33 percent
for President Bush.

Union households accounted for one out of four voters and there were 27
million union household voters.

In 2004 as in 2000, union households provided a 5.8 million vote advantage
for the Democratic candidate for President, according to NEP exit poling.

The survey was conducted for the AFL-CIO by Peter D. Hart Research
...

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