Joe Biden, who has portrayed himself as the champion of blue-collar workers, may be in for a rude surprise: former President Donald Trump has garnered a substantial amount of donations from workers in typically unionized industries.
Bloomberg News analyzed Federal Election Commission data from the second half of 2023 and found that Trump is winning the lion’s share of donors who work at companies such as Walmart and Federal Express; he is also collecting substantial donations from workers at airline and shipping companies. Meanwhile, Biden’s “campaign lags Trump in contributions from donors with oft-unionized job titles including mechanics and truckers,” Bloomberg reported.
Three key swing states in 2024, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, contain large percentages of union workers in their voting blocs. Biden is clearly worried about Michigan, with its large Muslim bloc of…
