How Michigan's key union voters are making up their minds: From the Politics Desk

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : But our focus group participants were almost evenly divided between Biden and Trump.
47% : The battle for union voters in Michigan has taken center stage this year, as Joe Biden and Donald Trump seek to sway this large and important voting bloc in a key battleground state.
47% : -- Larry P., a 66-year-old retired UAW member from LivoniaThe Biden supporters in the group had some positive things to say about the president's work on student debt relief and backing unions.
27% : But many said they sided with Biden because of their dislike of Trump.
27% : "He's a better alternative than the one that's running against him, because he's not trying to cause violence within the country, he's not turning the people against each other as Trump is." -- Paul B., a 66-year-old retired UAW member from DetroitTwo of the voters in the focus group, one Republican and one Democrat, said they wouldn't vote for Trump or Biden -- and one spelled out the extreme apathy and frustration many voters have with the choice this fall.

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