WATCH: NYC Union Boss Reveals Trump Is Leading Biden 3 To 1 Among Members - 'We Want What's Best For America'

On Thursday, New York Steamfitters union leader Bobby Bartels told Newsmax's Addison Smith that members of his union are fleeing in droves from Democrats and backing presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump in the November election.

"In the past, we are basically Democrats, all of us," Bartels told Newsmax. "And after what's happened the last four years in this country, Democrats are basically pushing everybody to the other side. We are a very patriotic group, and we love our country. We want what's best for America. We are tired of immigration, we are tired of our tax dollars going to immigration, we are tired of the crime, we need to put a handle back on things in this country."

While Trump lost his home state of New York in 2020 by over 20 points, recent polls show that the gap between the two candidates is narrowing. According to Five Thirty Eight, Trump has been able to narrow Biden's lead in the Empire State substantially with Biden leading Trump by around 10 points with some polling that included independent candidates showing Trump only trailing Biden by seven points.

That growing support for Trump in the polls seems to correlate with the reality on the ground, with Bartels explaining to Fox News that a majority of his union members support the former president. "I put out a poll in my union. President Trump is leading Joe Biden 3 to 1 in my presidential poll out of my 9,000 members. We are very tired of the situation with groceries, inflation, gas prices, illegal immigration, [and] crime," Bartels told Fox News. "We are living it every day in New York City."

"They are very agitated. They are living week to week, some of them are not affording their bills, and I think things need to change," the union boss said. "Members have basically told me, 'Listen, we want to vote for this guy,' so when the time is right, and I have a bigger poll to be done, we will make that decision, but I will do whatever my members want me to do."

President Trump, who visited a construction site before heading to court on Thursday, explained that he has hope of flipping his home state in the general election. "We're very close in New York, I understand, and we're leading in the country by a lot," the 45th president said. "A poll just came out a little while ago, as you saw yesterday, that we were up in every swing state and up by a lot in every swing state, so I think we're going to do very well, and we're going to make a play for New York."

NEW: New York union leader Bobby Bartels says most of his Union workers are Democrats but they are supporting Trump in 2024.

Bartels said he conducted a poll of his 9,000 members and Trump is leading Biden 3 to 1.

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