Survey Shows Broad Member Support for Obama-Biden Team

A survey of Election 2008 issues conducted for CWA by an independent polling firm showed strong support among CWA members for the Obama-Biden team.

CWA members voted for the Obama team by a 68-29 percent margin over the McCain ticket, with 4 percent voting for third party candidates. That was well above the national vote of 53-46 percent for President-elect Obama over John McCain.

CWA members responded positively to printed materials sent to their homes, flyers and leaflets distributed in the workplace and member-to-member workplace contacts, the survey found. Overall, 74 percent of members surveyed found the information received from CWA about political issues and candidates to be useful; that ranked just below newspaper, television and radio coverage. 

CWA members also ranked their issue priorities for the new administration and Congress. These include: increasing quality jobs, 79 percent; increasing retirement security, 74 percent; and winning real health care reform, 71 percent.

The survey was conducted among 1,100 CWA members in the 2008 battleground states of Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.