Alex Harring at CNBC reports Labor Unions spent millions of dollars and mobilized thousands of Members to get out the vote for Democrats in the Mid-Term Election. The CNBC Voter Poll showed a 22-point Democratic margin among Union Households in 2026, reversing a recent decline. Now, Labor Leaders say they expect newly-elected Democrats to act on affordability and Workers’ Rights if they want to keep their support in the future. Democrats, they say, need to get a handle on inflation, enact Worker protections and deliver Union jobs.

An Historic Mobilization: The National AFL-CIO launched a seven-figure paid media campaign for the election and said its Members since Labor Day had engaged with nearly 15 million voters. By the National AFL-CIO's count, more than 600 Members of Unions themselves were elected in the mid-term, including dozens heading to Washington and hundreds who are bound for Statehouses. The CNBC Voter Poll shows mid-term voters who were Union Members or lived in a Union Household went for Democrats over Republicans by a margin of 22 percentage points, the highest of the last four election cycles. That's more than double the margin for the rest of the electorate. When looking at voters in Non-Union Households, the gap shrunk to 10 percentage points. "We are very proud of the impact that the Labor Movement made on this election," said Liz Shuler, who serves as President of the National AFL-CIO, a Federation of Unions that represents almost 15 million Workers. "It was our biggest and boldest effort ever."

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