Working Class and Union Voters’ Role in the 2024 Pennsylvania Presidential Election

Paul F. Clark

doi:10.1177/0160449X251342405

Working Class and Union Voters’ Role in the 2024 Pennsylvania Presidential Election

Paul F. Clark

Labor and Employment Relations

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Abstract

On election day 2024, the headline for CBS News was “Pennsylvania is the top prize among battleground states.” Political experts and reporters generally agreed that three critical states—Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin could swing the 2024 presidential election to either candidate. However, of the three states only Pennsylvania was labeled the “top prize,” “a must win” state, and “the granddaddy” of all the swing states by the media.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	122-135
Number of pages	14
Journal	Labor Studies Journal
Volume	50
Issue number	2 Special Issue: A Post-2024 U.S. Presidential Election Analy...
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0160449X251342405
State	Published - Jun 2025

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Working Class and Union Voters’ Role in the 2024 Pennsylvania Presidential Election

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