Get Ready to Vote in Member e-Poll on Candidates

CWA's first-ever online "e-poll" goes live on Monday, Oct. 1, giving CWAers the opportunity to show their support for the presidential candidate who best addresses the critical issues affecting CWA members and their families. 

At www.cwavotes.org, members and retirees can read the responses to specific questions on CWA's key issues posed to every candidate – Democratic and Republican – and tell us which candidate they favor. Responses were received from seven Democratic candidates, however no Republican candidates responded despite numerous contacts to the campaigns by CWA.  

The e-poll will run through Nov. 9.  The e-poll will help determine whether a single candidate has overwhelming support from the membership.

CWA is encouraging members to become fully engaged in political campaigns and to run for election as delegates to the Democratic and Republican conventions.  The website offers "how-to's" on running for delegate and also has lots of information about the candidates with links to their campaign websites.

These are the questions CWA posed to all of the presidential contenders:

1. Do you support the Employee Free Choice Act and what would you do as president to lead the fight to get that legislation past the hurdle of a Senate filibuster and onto your desk for signature?
   
2. Tell us how you would fund universal health care to ensure that all Americans have coverage and to make U.S. jobs more competitive and not disadvantage those employers that currently provide quality health benefits to their employees. 
   
3. Detail specific steps you would offer to cut the trade deficit – now more than $700 billion a year – and help spur the retention and growth of jobs in this country.