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Union Members Voted Overwhelmingly for Kerry
Election Day exit polling and a national survey showed that union members turned out in huge numbers and voted for Senator John Kerry by 65 percent compared to 33 percent for President Bush. Support was even higher, 68 to 33, in the battleground states.
Union families accounted for 1 out of 4 voters, with a total of 27 million voters coming from union households, the AFL-CIO reported. They provided a net 5.8 million vote advantage for the Democratic candidate, according to the survey by Peter D. Hart Research.
"No matter who is in the White House, we're going to take that energy, momentum, technology and field operation and start right now building a movement that will keep turning this country around," AFL-CIO President John Sweeney stated.
"I could not possibly be prouder of our members, officers and staff," Bahr said. "The election's outcome doesn't change the fact that our union's effort on behalf of all working families was extraordinary."
CWA's election effort this year was the biggest ever, augmenting a labor campaign that saw 225,000 union volunteers overall and 5,500 full-time campaign workers in the battleground states.
CWA was the biggest volunteer union in Nevada, with hundreds of CWAers from California coming in week after week to help with get-out-the-vote activities. CWA also took the lead in North Carolina and Colorado and sponsored big political support programs in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Florida, Alaska and other states.
Beginning early this year, CWA coordinators were on the ground in Oregon and Washington, and a few months later were also in place in Colorado, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Arizona and other states. AFA-CWA members and staff worked closely with CWAers and were active in Arizona, Washington State and other areas.
CWA members from New York poured into Pennsylvania and Ohio to leaflet, knock on doors and register voters. Thousands of others spent hours making phone calls to union homes, asking voters to support John Kerry and reminding them to vote.
Overall, union members knocked on more than 6 million doors, passed out over 32 million leaflets and made over a 100 million phone calls, the AFL-CIO said.
Polls showed that 92 percent of union members heard from their unions during the election cycle, and 81 percent of those had at least three contacts - by mail, e-mail, phone calls, hand bills or personal visits.
Union families accounted for 1 out of 4 voters, with a total of 27 million voters coming from union households, the AFL-CIO reported. They provided a net 5.8 million vote advantage for the Democratic candidate, according to the survey by Peter D. Hart Research.
"No matter who is in the White House, we're going to take that energy, momentum, technology and field operation and start right now building a movement that will keep turning this country around," AFL-CIO President John Sweeney stated.
"I could not possibly be prouder of our members, officers and staff," Bahr said. "The election's outcome doesn't change the fact that our union's effort on behalf of all working families was extraordinary."
CWA's election effort this year was the biggest ever, augmenting a labor campaign that saw 225,000 union volunteers overall and 5,500 full-time campaign workers in the battleground states.
CWA was the biggest volunteer union in Nevada, with hundreds of CWAers from California coming in week after week to help with get-out-the-vote activities. CWA also took the lead in North Carolina and Colorado and sponsored big political support programs in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Florida, Alaska and other states.
Beginning early this year, CWA coordinators were on the ground in Oregon and Washington, and a few months later were also in place in Colorado, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Arizona and other states. AFA-CWA members and staff worked closely with CWAers and were active in Arizona, Washington State and other areas.
CWA members from New York poured into Pennsylvania and Ohio to leaflet, knock on doors and register voters. Thousands of others spent hours making phone calls to union homes, asking voters to support John Kerry and reminding them to vote.
Overall, union members knocked on more than 6 million doors, passed out over 32 million leaflets and made over a 100 million phone calls, the AFL-CIO said.
Polls showed that 92 percent of union members heard from their unions during the election cycle, and 81 percent of those had at least three contacts - by mail, e-mail, phone calls, hand bills or personal visits.