Labor Unions and American Mass Politics

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David Macdonald (University of Florida)

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State University of New York Press
01 May 2026

History of the Americas; Political activism; Trade unions; Industrial arbitration & negotiation

Series: SUNY series in Labor Studies

A comprehensive exploration of how labor unions, broadly conceived, shape party loyalties in the American mass public.

How and why do labor unions matter for American mass party loyalties, specifically party identification and vote choice? Labor Unions and American Mass Politics marshals a wide range of survey data to test two different ways through which labor unions can shape mass party loyalties. The first is via people's personal affiliation with organized labor, such as a current/former member or household resident, while the second is via people's attitudes toward organized labor, such as whether they favor vs. disfavor unions in general. Overall, author David Macdonald shows that both are capable of shaping mass support for the Democratic Party and its various political candidates and that such relationships are also conditioned by whether people perceive labor unions and Democrats to be political allies, a connection that is lacking among a sizeable minority of Americans. Overall, Macdonald provides not only a timely analysis of mass labor politics in the early twenty-first-century United States but also shows that labor unions are politically consequential, even after decades of decline.

By: David Macdonald (University of Florida)
Imprint: State University of New York Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 390g
ISBN: 9798855806489
Series: SUNY series in Labor Studies
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 01 May 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations Introduction 1. Labor Union Decline And Its Consequences 2. The Demographics Of Organized Labor 3. How Labor Unions Shape Mass Party Loyalties 4. Union Affiliation And Party Identification 5. Union Affiliation And Electoral Choice 6. Attitudes Toward Labor Unions 7. The Moderating Role Of Information 8. Conclusion And Prospects For Labor Revival Notes References Index

David Macdonald is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida.

Reviews for Labor Unions and American Mass Politics

""Labor Unions and American Mass Politics is a timely and important contribution to understanding how organized labor shapes party identification in the United States. David Macdonald uses an impressive range of datasets to break new ground on organized labor's influence on mass partisanship. This book will be essential reading for scholars and students of political behavior, interest groups and parties, and American political development, while also appealing to policymakers, journalists, and observers of American labor and politics."" — Peter L. Francia, author of The Future of Organized Labor in American Politics