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===Class and labor unions===
===Class and labor unions===
The importance of the union vote grew proportionately to the unions themselves. In 1936, only 7% of the labor force belonged to unions; then came the great organizing drives and by 1940 the total was 16%. The enlarged unionized industries dramatically, pulling up the proportion to 21%. Despite intense fears of a postwar reaction of the sort that had humbled them in the 1920s, union coverage of the non-farm labor force stabilized, and even grew, reaching 23% in 1948.<ref> ''Historical Statistics'' 178.</ref> The labor vote divided three ways, CIO, AFL and non-unionized workers.
The importance of the union vote grew proportionately to the unions themselves. In 1936, only 7% of the labor force belonged to unions; then came the great organizing drives and by 1940 the total was 16%. The enlarged unionized industries dramatically, pulling up the proportion to 21%. Despite intense fears of a postwar reaction of the sort that had humbled them in the 1920s, union coverage of the non-farm labor force stabilized, and even grew, reaching 23% in 1948.<ref> ''Historical Statistics'' 178.</ref> The labor vote divided three ways, [[Congress of Industrial Organizations]] (CIO), AFL and non-unionized workers.
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