It's the first time since 1996 that the union has not endorsed a presidential candidate and since 2000, their endorsement has always favored the Democrat candidate.
The Teamsters said Wednesday that internal polling of members showed Trump with an advantage over Harris. A poll showed Trump with 60 percent of the rank and file while Harris only garnered 35 percent.
Trump was quick to celebrate that fact last night.
Trump called the Teamsters’ decision not to endorse “a great honor.”
“It’s a great honor," he said. “They’re not going to endorse the Democrats. That’s a big thing.”
Marick Masters, a business professor emeritus at Wayne State University in Detroit who follows labor issues, said the Teamsters lack of an endorsement suggests a realignment within the union's membership.
For many workers, issues such as gun control, abortion and border security override Trump’s expressions of hostility to unions, Masters said.
