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7. That's way too many union votes for any Republican, let alone Trump

And, in the mid-west, union households went with Trump.

In addition, there are different types of unions. Certainly HERE, SEIU, Teachers and other minority and women dominated unions vote overwhelmingly Democratic (see Nevada), but building trades, teamsters, and in the case of 2016, manufacturing unions voted for Trump in unprecedented numbers. Trump didn't carry Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin without making significant inroads to the UAW membership.

I know. I work for a male, white dominated union and it's a heavy lift to pull many away from Trump. You add police and, to a lesser extent, firefighters to the mix and you can see that unions didn't perform for the Democrats.

51% to 48% sucks. Those numbers need to be at least 60% to 40% in favor of Democrats, otherwise we're cutting our own throats.

And it's not the Democrats responsibility to convince union voters to vote for Dems, it's up to each individual to vote in their, and their families' best interest. These are not stupid people. They should be able to figure this out on their own. If they can't, as in the case of the Farmers and Auto workers, they'll have to learn the hard way.