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From Fox Business: The International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced Wednesday it will not endorse a candidate for president, despite releasing internal polling showing a majority of the union’s membership supports former President Trump.
Ahead of the announcement, the Teamsters posted the results of its own polling on the 2024 candidates. It showed that in an online survey, the union’s members favored Trump by 59.6% over Democratic nominee Vice President Harris, who received 34%. In a phone survey, Teamsters favored Trump over Harris, 58% to 31%.
Trump’s support among Teamsters has surged since Harris replaced President Biden at the top of the Democratic Party’s ticket, the data shows. The union’s polling prior to Biden dropping out showed Biden was ahead of Trump among members, 44.3% to 36.3%.
TEAMSTERS RELEASE PRESIDENTIAL ENDORSEMENT POLLING DATA
“For the past year, the Teamsters Union has pledged to conduct the most inclusive, democratic, and transparent Presidential endorsement process in the history of our 121-year-old organization—and today we are delivering on… pic.twitter.com/CnFNN9uosx
— Teamsters (@Teamsters) September 18, 2024
A little over an hour after releasing their polling data, the Teamsters Union, which boasts 1.3 million members, announced that they will not be making a presidential endorsement, for the first time in decades.
The Teamsters Union nearly always endorses Democrat candidates. The last time the union endorsed a Republican candidate was in the 1988 election, when they endorsed George H. W. Bush.
NBC News explained: “The union supported Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020. They also backed Barack Obama in both of his presidential runs, John Kerry in 2004 and Al Gore in 2000.”
Despite the landslide [nearly 60%] support for Trump over Harris in the newly-released polls, Teamsters has now opted to issue no endorsement at all for 2024. They claimed in their announcement:
In data publicly released earlier in the day, President Joe Biden won the support of Teamsters voting in straw polls at local unions between April-July prior to his exit from the race. But in independent electronic and phone polling from July-September, a majority of voting members twice selected Trump for a possible Teamsters endorsement over Harris.
The union’s extensive member polling showed no majority support for Vice President Harris and no universal support among the membership for President Trump.
— Teamsters (@Teamsters) September 18, 2024
The non-endorsement is considered a blow to the Harris campaign, although conservatives are also blasting the union as cowards for not endorsing Trump.
This looks like an endorsement. pic.twitter.com/2YBBUEVj2r
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 18, 2024
So you either endorse the Democrat or don’t make an endorsement?
Union leaders are like a more corrupt version of a corrupt politician.
— MAZE (@mazemoore) September 18, 2024
Cowards pic.twitter.com/s4ksTQxI8c
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 18, 2024
Why did you defy the will of your members? pic.twitter.com/EIEK8r3eY9
— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) September 18, 2024
The members of your organization overwhelmingly support Trump. What’s holding you back?
— Renatta Michele Oxendine (@RenattaOxendine) September 18, 2024
Tone deaf. pic.twitter.com/k2BLIlBBUF
— David May 🇺🇸 (@_davidmay) September 18, 2024
Your PR team must have worked all night trying to frame this.
I hope the DNC kickbacks stop rolling in to the leadership.
— Tom Royce (@TomRoyce) September 18, 2024
Teamster President Sean O’Brian said his presidential endorsement would be guided by this poll. Guess what? He’s not endorsing anyone! pic.twitter.com/pY9VP4NaoW
— David Asman (@DavidAsmanfox) September 18, 2024
O’Brian praised Trump in his speech at the RNC in July:
President of Intnl Brotherhood of Teamsters, Sean O’Brian:
“I think we all can agree – Whether people like him or if they don’t like him, in light of what happened to him on Saturday – He has proven to be ONE TOUGH S.O.B!” pic.twitter.com/bzXwBQIOOq
— 🇺🇸ProudArmyBrat (@leslibless) July 16, 2024
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