United Auto Workers (UAW) members in the battleground states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada support presidential candidate Kamala Harris over Donald Trump by 22 points, according to a poll conducted by the union.
UAW members in Michigan — the center of the U.S. auto industry — support Harris over Trump by 20 percentage points, with 54% backing Harris and 34% backing Trump, the poll showed. The union claimed in 2020 that UAW members were responsible for 84% of Biden’s margin of victory in Michigan.
The poll also found that support among non-college-educated men — a key demographic group in which Harris lagged — gave Harris a 14-point margin over Trump.
Both Trump and Harris have courted members of the UAW. UAW President Shawn Fain has endorsed Harris and become a target of Trump’s ire. Joe Biden supported the UAW in its attack against the three major US auto companies last year, becoming the first president to walk a picket line.
The union is also conducting door-knocking operations in battleground states to vote for Harris. According to the union, the poll covers 293,000 active and retired union members and their families in electoral battlegrounds.
The union also noted that union members who reported being contacted by the UAW about the election increased their support for Harris over Trump by 29 points.
“If members hear directly from other members what is at stake and which candidate is behind them, we can make a breakthrough,” Fain said. “By engaging our members and highlighting the issues that matter – their paychecks, their families and their futures – the union is making a real difference.”
The poll comes as Fain will speak to members via livestream next week and appear at turnout events alongside other Harris supporters, including Senator Bernie Sanders in Michigan and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez in Pennsylvania.
Both Harris and Trump have competed for the votes of working-class and union members. Trump held a staged event at a closed McDonald’s franchise in Pennsylvania earlier this week.
While most unions have supported Harris, Teamsters International made waves after deciding not to certify this election in September 2024, claiming that the majority of union members supported Trump.
