UNION APPROVAL

The headline said “Labor Unions, Benefits understood have almost never been less popular.   Then we find out from the story that 52% of Americans support them. We do find Republicans support is only at 26% a drop from 51%.  After a decade of orchestrated attacks on unions, 52% seems quite good. 

Congressional support is at 13% and 7 of the last 12 Presidents had or has a job approval rating less that 50%.  The Tea Party’s approval rating is 25%.  What we hear all the time from the media is that the Tea Party’s support is so powerful.  To my eye that doesn’t seem true.  The media likes to down play union support, but play up the Tea Party.  The man who wrote this article seems to have fallen into that trap.