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Politics : WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (5986)	10/30/2003 1:05:15 PM
From: Original Mad Dog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10965

Clinton in 1996 (incumbent Democrat) was likely the last AFL-CIO endorsee in the primaries to win an election since 1964. I'm just guessing, though -- I didn't look it up. I'm sure AS can set us straight if we got that one wrong. I'm sure that the AFL-CIO endorsed Carter in the 1976 general election, but I don't know who they favored in the primaries back then. Last time I checked, union membership in the U.S. was below 20 percent. Much of that is government employee unions and teacher unions, who typically support the Democrat regardless of who it is. The AFL-CIO endorsement in that context is hardly a significant positive.