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Axios
22-05-2025
- Business
- Axios
Americans support unions over big companies by a record-high margin
The popularity of labor unions surged over the past decade, while American sentiment toward big business has fallen, according to new data published by the liberal Economic Policy Institute. Why it matters: The approval switcheroo helps explain, in part, why the Republican Party has been courting labor unions in recent years. Zoom in: For the past 60 years, American National Election Studies has been surveying Americans, asking them to rate their feelings toward labor unions and big business. Up until 2012, sentiment moved together, but in the recovery from the Global Financial Crisis things changed. Zoom out: After the pandemic, public support for labor unions and workers increased even more. At the same time, increasing populism meant less support for businesses, even from Republicans who typically support their interests.
New York Times
27-02-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Republicans Really Do Care More About ‘Masculine Energy'
The 2024 election felt like more than just a victory for President Trump. It felt like a victory for a traditional view of gender roles. Mr. Trump certainly shares that view. During the campaign, he declared that women liked him because he was their 'protector.' He called the satellite radio host Howard Stern a 'BETA MALE' after Mr. Stern criticized him. In a 2021 interview, Mr. Trump's running mate, JD Vance, disparaged women without children as 'childless cat ladies.' It appeared that what Mark Zuckerberg lauded as 'masculine energy' was on the rise — fueled by a 'manosphere' of podcasters and a subculture of women, the so-called tradwives, who have embraced homemaking and domesticity. But in a way, all that was just anecdotes and impressions. Now we have the data to match. Surveys from 2024 show that support for traditional gender roles is increasing. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this is happening primarily among Republicans. Perhaps more surprisingly, it is happening among Republican women as well as among Republican men. Put another way, the rise in gender traditionalism derives more from politics than it is does from gender. It's important to note just how new this trend is. For decades, gender traditionalism was in decline. In American National Election Studies surveys, the percentage of Americans saying that 'women's place is in the home' decreased steadily — from almost 30 percent in 1972 to 6 percent in 2008. Instead, more people embraced the view that 'women should have an equal role with men in running business, industry and government.' This question was actually dropped from these surveys after 2008. As of November 2024, almost half of Republican men agree, up from 28 percent in 2022. 48% 50% agree Republican men 37% Republican women 25% Democratic men 17% 11% Democratic women 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 48% 50% agree Republican men 37% Republican women 25% Democratic men 17% 11% Democratic women 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 Source: Views of the Electorate Research Survey Compared to a decade ago, more Republicans agree with the sentiment, while fewer Democrats do. 80% agree 79% Republican men 67% 60% Republican women 40% Democratic men 20% 20% Democratic women 14% '24 2011 '16 '20 80% agree 79% Republican men 67% 60% Republican women 40% Democratic men 20% 20% Democratic women 14% 2011 2016 2020 2024 Source: Public Religion Research Institute Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
