Frank Maisano of Bracewell’s Policy Resolution Group spoke with Fastmarkets on how the electric vehicle (EV) debate could affect autoworkers’ votes in this year’s presidential election.
“Just [recently], [Donald] Trump was in Detroit telling auto workers that he would push back against the current administration’s effort to expand EV use,” Maisano said.
Meanwhile, “union rank and file remain a big problem for [Kamala] Harris in Rust Belt States like Michigan and Wisconsin,” he said, adding that “whether Harris can convince key workers in union states, that are worried about their jobs in the new energy transition world, remains her most pressing challenge.”
Trump will “continue to try and drive this wedge between unions and Harris, using consumer discontent, auto company backtracking, and worker worries as his hammer,” Maisano concluded.
