, which has also endorsed Biden, has another 682 members who reside there.
According to the latest data from the Motion Picture Association, the film and television industry is “directly responsible” for more than 17,000 jobs “related to production” in Georgia, and nearly 27,000 jobs related to distributing movies, television and other video content to consumers. And back in June, as production was gearing up to resume in the state, the office of Georgia Gov.
In Nevada, where Biden led by only 11,438 votes as of this writing, there are nearly 3,500 members of SAG-AFTRA, IATSE and the American Federation of Musicians who reside there, including 1,031 members of SAG-AFTRA; 1,738 members of IATSE Local 720 in Las Vegas; 109 members of IATSE Local 363 in Reno; 491 members of AFM Local 369 in Las Vegas, and 88 members of AFM Local 368 in Reno.
Pennsylvania is home to nearly 5,000 unionized industry workers, including 2,596 SAG-AFTRA members; nearly 1,300 AFM members, and nearly 1,000 IATSE members. Trump’s lead there has narrowed to about 78,300 votes at this writing. And in Arizona, which is home to an estimated 500 SAG-AFTRA members and another 300 members of IATSE, Biden was holding a lead of about 65,000 votes.
And these figures don’t include writers, directors, stage performers or Teamsters, for whom data is not available on a state-by-state basis. Nationwide, SAG-AFTRA has some 160,000 members; IATSE has about 150,000; the AFM has more than 73,000; Actors Equity has more than 51,000; the Directors Guild has more than 18,000; the WGA West more than 25,000, and the WGA East about 6,000. The majority, however, live in California and New York, where Biden won handily.