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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Republicans have glossed over the UAW's push to unionize workers at new electric vehicle factories and ignored the union's calls for higher pay, a shorter work week and better benefits - unless to paint them as unreasonable.
54% : Whereas Democrats need to figure out how to strike a balance among the automakers, union leadership and rank-and-file union members, Republicans can appeal to workers without embracing companies' EV policies or supporting union leaders, he said.
54% : The GOP candidates have been seeking to show their support for auto workers, and unionized workers more broadly, while maintaining an aggressive stance toward union leaders.
48% : Biden was one of several Democratic presidential candidates visiting striking workers, criticizing GM for failing to share rising profits with workers.
41% : While Biden has worked to manage the tensions between his administration's green energy policies, the automakers' bargaining position and the demands of the union, Trump has attempted to simplify the situation into a debate over who will protect workers from job losses.
36% : Clinton had called the proposed agreement "the gold standard" in trade deals while serving as secretary of state, but opposed the deal while running for president.
32% : Trump portrayed himself as a voice for workers who felt forgotten by Washington elites and he railed against trade deals, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiated by the Obama administration.

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