The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace issued an election day poll, the results of which further confirm that voters are not too keen on unions. Bear in mind that this is a poll commissioned by business interests, but I hardly think that means that the poll’s findings can be easily dismissed. Among the findings:
Would you be (ROTATED) more likely or less likely to vote for a candidate in the future if during the next two years he or she supports changes to federal workplace regulations that expand the influence and power labor unions can have over private employers?
32% TOTAL MORE LIKELY (NET)
17% MUCH MORE LIKEL Y
15% SOMEWHAT MORE LIKEL Y58% TOTAL LESS LIKELY (NET)
18% SOMEWHAT LESS LIKEL Y
40% MUCH LESS LIKELY
4% NO DIFFERENCE (VOL.)
6% DO NOT KNOW/CANNOT JUDGE (VOL.)
1% REFUSED (VOL.)
32% TOTAL MORE LIKELY (NET)
17% MUCH MORE LIKEL Y
15% SOMEWHAT MORE LIKEL Y58% TOTAL LESS LIKELY (NET)
18% SOMEWHAT LESS LIKEL Y
40% MUCH LESS LIKELY
4% NO DIFFERENCE (VOL.)
6% DO NOT KNOW/CANNOT JUDGE (VOL.)
1% REFUSED (VOL.)
The poll also tested the public’s stomach for the Obama administration’s plans to stack the National Labor Relations Board with radically pro-union appointees:
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