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

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.