In the midst of Janus v. AFSCME and Mark Janus’ argument that he shouldn’t have to contribute money to a union of which he is not a member, for them to then in turn spend that money to further their own political agenda (again, an agenda that he or other members may or may not support), Rasmussen Reports conducted a survey of 1,000 American people to get a feel for where we stand on labor unions and their effect on politics today. The results of that survey are as follows:
- 41% of likely U.S. Voters believe labor unions have too much political influence;
- 25% think they don’t have enough influence;
- 18% feel labor unions have basically no impact on politics in this country; and
- 16% are not sure
