If the Union Members are going to not support themselves then why should I continue to support them?

[Tom Rinaldo]

93. I think you are missing the point.

Unions don't do ideology screens on potential members, if you join the workforce of an employer you either are able to (in a "right to work" state) or are required to (everywhere else) join a union if that union is the recognized bargaining agent. Why is so much of the 99% Republican is the real question.

A 64% progressive vote is impressive from any large mass of citizens in this country. LBJ didn't get 64% of the vote in 1964 - not even near that. It's not like we are talking about Move On here. Leftist activists join Move On beecause they are leftist activists. Many members join unions because they have to, and sometimes through peer work group pressure.

If Union members voted 64% for recall that makes them one of the most Democratic voting groups in the state, probably second after African Americas or at least grouped in a clump with youth and latinos for second most loyal voting bloc. And though union members may have given Walker 36% of their votes - he didn't get 36% of Union money - he got zilch. Politically active Union members almost always work their asses off for Democrats.