Labor unions: bad for economy?
Forty-three percent of us believe labor unions hurt the economy.
When asked if labor unions are good or bad for the economy, 43% said bad, 40% said good, and the remainder were undecided.
Republicans viewed labor unions as bad by a 64%-19% margin, while Democrats deemed unions good by a 64%-19% margin. Independents saw labor unions as bad by a 45%-35% margin.
There was a significant gap between African-Americans and whites. Sixty-one percent of African-Americans felt labor unions were good for the economy with only 27% saying they were bad. Among whites 47% thought unions were bad with 37% saying they were good.
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Poll Position’s scientific telephone survey of 1,031 adults nationwide was conducted September 11, 2011 and has a margin of error of ±3%.
The online companion poll in which you can vote provides unscientific results, meaning it’s a tally of participating Poll Position users, not a nationally representative sampling.
Poll Position is committed to transparency and upholding the highest professional standards in its polling, explaining why we provide you with the crosstabs of our scientific polls. Crosstabs provide a breakdown of survey participants by age, race, gender, and political affiliation. Here are the crosstabs for this poll: Poll Position crosstabs – labor unions
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