Presidential Race Tied; Nearly Two-Thirds
(64%) Believe That Breaking Up Large Technology Companies Will Lead
To Higher Consumer Prices; Less Than One Percent List Biden's War
On Tech As Top Issue
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Competitiveness Coalition, chaired by
former U.S. Senator and Ambassador Scott
Brown, released new survey data conducted among likely
voters in five key presidential battleground states: Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Key findings include:
- Top three issues for voters include:
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- Inflation (23%)
- Immigration (17%)
- Threats to American democracy (16%)
- Nearly two-thirds (64%) agree that breaking up large technology
companies will result in higher prices for consumers.
- Just six people across the entire survey - or 0.3% of
respondents - listed breaking up tech companies as their top
issue.
- A plurality (38%) say that the Federal Trade Commission going
after many American companies will have a negative impact on the
economy.
- A clear majority (56%) oppose the Biden Administration
targeting companies like Amazon, Apple, and Google with burdensome
regulations and lawsuits.
- A sizable majority (58%) specifically oppose the Biden
Administration's lawsuit against Amazon.
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- This trend among key swing voting groups also continues as 61%
of suburban voters are opposed to the suit.
- Voters are concerned about the impact proposed regulations to
break up technology companies could have on their own lives. Voters
were relatively evenly divided, with 27% saying Apple no longer
ensuring the safety and security of downloads would be their
biggest concern, followed by Amazon increasing prices and ending
free two-day shipping (25%) and Google removing access to products
like Google Maps (21%). Seven percent (7%) would be most concerned
about Facebook charging to use their app and website, and 17% said
none of these would be a concern to them.
- The presidential race in these five states is a dead heat.
Averaged across these five states, both Donald Trump and Kamala
Harris receive 46% of the vote. Four percent (4%) of voters
back third party-candidates, and 4% are undecided.
- The race is similarly tight in each state:
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AZ
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MI
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NV
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PA
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WI
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Trump
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48 %
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45 %
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46 %
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45 %
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46 %
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Harris
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43 %
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45 %
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45 %
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48 %
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48 %
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Read summary memo here.
Read the full results here.
"Voters in key states understand that the Biden-Harris war on
tech hurts them and leads to higher prices," said Scott Brown, a New
Hampshire resident, former U.S. Senator and Ambassador and
chair of the Competitiveness Coalition. "Yet the Biden
Administration, led by FTC Chair Lina
Khan, remains hellbent on destroying American free
enterprise and innovation, a foolhardy pursuit that less than one
percent of voters believe is a worthwhile use of
time."
On behalf of the Competitiveness Coalition, Public Opinion
Strategies conducted a survey of N=2000 likely voters in the
Presidential battleground states of Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, with 400 interviews conducted in
each state. The survey was conducted July
23-29, 2024 and has a margin of error of plus or minus
2.19%. Surveys were conducted with online panel respondents
(N=1172) and with text message respondents who were sent a link to
complete the survey online to (N=828).
Launched in April 2022, the
Competitiveness Coalition is a first-of-its-kind group educating
the public and advocating for policies that put consumers first
while fostering innovation and attracting new investment. For more
information, please visit
competitivenesscoalition.com. Members of the press can
contact the coalition at
press@competitivenesscoalition.com
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