The Trump and Harris campaigns are taking different approaches to courting this powerful voting bloc

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

39% : Though he has positioned himself as pro-union, Trump is no stranger to complaints about his labor policy and approach to worker rights.
39% : "Considering how much this race has tightened up, Trump can't afford to lose any group of voters, and in particular, not any union people," said Trish Crouse, a practitioner of political science and public administration in residence at the University of New Haven.
37% : Trump, in his 2016 presidential bid, swayed many blue-collar workers away from Hillary Clinton by leaning into his populist message, especially blaming trade agreements like NAFTA for the loss of blue-collar jobs and leaning into protectionism.
37% : In his platform, Trump proposes "large tax cuts for workers and no tax on tips" if he is elected again.
37% : "You're the greatest cutter," Trump said to Musk.
35% : For months, Trump had been eating into President Joe Biden's blue-collar base in key swing states, and having O'Brien speak at the RNC underscored Republicans' support from this key bloc of voters.
35% : When we say Trump stands against everything our union stands for, this is what we mean," UAW President Shawn Fain said in a statement.
34% : "You have Trump laughing with Musk -- that's going to light a fire under rank-and-file union members to go mobilize," Grose said.
33% : During this year's reelection campaign, Trump has tried to build on his previous momentum by courting pro-labor groups.
27% : "It's unclear what company Trump was referring to.
27% : "Trump and particularly Vance pretend to support a type of populism, but when it comes to workers who organize, as Trump said on his Twitter feed with Musk last Monday, when workers strike, you fire them.

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