More bad news for Biden: Blue collar workers he's desperate to attract are donating far more to Trump, with Dem instead attracting highly-paid tech workers and bankers as he struggles to shake out-of-touch image

President Joe Biden is struggling to attract donations from blue-collar workers, in a blow to the Democrat who once declared himself the 'most pro-union president in American history.'

Among the 15 companies most often listed in campaign finance records, workers at heavily unionized UPS were the most likely to donate to Donald Trump in the second half of last year, according to Bloomberg News.

Employees at Google and Microsoft were most likely to donate to Biden, with 90 percent of presidential donations from Google employees going to the Democrat, according to the outlet's analysis of public campaign finance records.

The divide reflects not just on the candidates, but also their parties, and an ongoing shift among blue-collar workers in heavily unionized sectors away from Democrats and towards Republicans.

But it underscores a particular challenge for Biden, who has heavily touted his support of labor unions, as he tries to court key blue-collar voters in heavily unionized swing states like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. 

Among the 15 companies most often listed in campaign finance records, workers at heavily unionized UPS were the most likely to donate to Donald Trump (file photo)

Google CEO Sundar Pichai (L) and Apple CEO Tim Cook (R) are seen meeting with Biden in 2023. Ninety percent of political donations from Google employees went to Biden last year

Last month, Biden scored an endorsement from the United Auto Workers union, after appearing on their picket lines during a strike against Detroit's Big Three automakers last year.

It's possible that support could pay off, with the Bloomberg data showing that donations from workers at General Motors and Ford were nearly evenly split in the last six months of 2023.

But other heavily unionized companies, including American Airlines, showed more employee donations to Trump.

Trump was also favored among workers at Delta, Walmart and FedEx, which have large blue-collar workforces. 

Companies with more employees donating to Biden included IBM, Kaiser Permanente, Wells Fargo, Amazon and AT&T. 

The Bloomberg analysis shows the professions most likely to donate to Trump are farmers, truckers, entrepreneurs, mechanics and construction workers.

Those most likely to donate to Biden are professors, psychologists, social workers, scientists and writers. 

Joe Biden speaks during a visit to a United Auto Workers (UAW) phone bank in the metropolitan Detroit area, Michigan on February 1, 2024

Still, both Trump and Biden were heavily dependent on billionaires and others who can write large checks, according to the report.  

For Biden, two-thirds of fundraising for the second half of 2023 came from wealthy donors, including billionaires Haim Saban and George Soros.

For Trump, 46 percent came from mega-donors, including construction billionaire Diane Hendricks, oil mogul Timothy Dunn and Home Depot co-founder Bernard Marcus. 

On Thursday, it emerged that the political action committee of the powerful International Brotherhood of Teamsters gave the Republican National Committee the maximum donation of $45,000 last month.

It marked the first major donation for the Teamsters to a Republican cause in years, according to the Washington Post. 

The Teamsters also sent $135,000 to the Democratic National Committee last December plus a $15,000 donation in March. 

'The Teamsters contributed $45,000 to both the Democratic and Republican convention funds. It's not since 2000 that our union has participated in both conventions,' a Teamsters spokesperson told Fox News Digital. 

'In the Teamsters, all our members' voices will be heard, regardless of party.' 

Trump talks to reporters at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters headquarters on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC after meeting with union boss Sean O'Brien

Sean O'Brien, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, speaks to union members during a rally in Atlanta in July 2023

Trump has been courting the Teamsters for an endorsement, and last month met with the union's boss Sean O'Brien. 

O'Brien later described the conversation with Trump as 'pleasant' and 'direct,' but said the union was a long way from making a decision. He said it has additional questions for Trump and for Biden, who has yet to set a similar meeting.

 'There's no doubt about (it),' he said, 'there is union support for President Trump. And there's always union support for President Biden.' 

But even as he praised Biden's record he, added: 'What you've done in the past doesn't guarantee your future with us. We want to know what you're going to do for our members moving forward.'

The Teamsters has endorsed every Democratic presidential candidate since Al Gore in 2000.