The International Order of Teamsters has polled its members, and the result is that greater than 58% of the membership favors Donald Trump for president. It’s just the union bosses that don’t.
As a result of that polling, the union will not be endorsing either Kamala Harris or Trump.
“After reviewing member polls for President Trump and Kamala Harris, we found insufficient support for either candidate, thus we will not endorse a presidential candidate for 2024,” the union wrote.
The Teamsters are reliably Democrat-endorsing, so sitting out an endorsement opportunity is a huge change for the union. The last time the union didn’t endorse a Democrat in the presidential race was in 1988, when George H.W. Bush defeated Democrat Michael Dukakis.
One of the main reasons cited this year is that Trump, although supported by the membership, has not committed to vetoing “right to work” laws, a major issue for the union, which represents 1.3 million American workers.
Before the Democrat coup that took Joe Biden out of the race, Biden had polled 44.3% to Trump’s 36.3% with Teamsters rank-and-file members.
