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SBTV.com Poll: Small Business Owners Select Barack Obama as Top Candidate, But GOP as Best Party
Poll Reveals McCain, Huckabee in Virtual Tie with Entrepreneurs
St. Louis, MO (February 28, 2008) –An online sample of the nation’s small business owners reveals that 35 percent believe the Republican Party best represents the interests of small business; but 30 percent of respondents chose Barack Obama as the best presidential contender in the race in a poll by SBTV.COM, the Internet’s first television network focused on providing information to the small business market.
Hillary Rodham Clinton is the second most popular candidate in the SBTV.com online poll. Twenty-two percent of respondents selected the former First Lady as the best candidate to represent the nation’s small firms. The GOP candidates are ranked third and fourth; John McCain was chosen by 20 percent, and Mike Huckabee was the top choice for 19 percent of respondents respectively.
Thirty-one percent of respondents picked the Democratic Party as the best choice to represent the nation’s small businesses. The Independent Party was the right choice for 13 percent of respondents, followed closely by the Libertarian Party with 10 percent. SBTV.com poll results are not scientific and reflect only the opinions of nearly 700 small business owners who choose to participate.
“I find it very interesting that most small business owners taking part in the SBTV.com poll believe the Republican Party best represents their interests, yet the top two candidates are both Democrats,” said SBTV.com CEO Susan Wilson Solovic. “New additions to our campaign coverage are a Women Impacting Public Policy podcast with Michelle Obama and a podcast with Carly Fiorina, former President and CEO, Hewlett-Packard, who'll be speaking on behalf of the John McCain Presidential Campaign. The Fiorina podcast will be available on SBTV.com the first week of March,” added Solovic.
About SBTV.com: SBTV.com is the only video news and information destination for America’s 25 million small businesses. Our commitment is to provide small business owners with the tools they need to manage grow and protect their ventures. Because we know that small business isn’t just about making a living-it’s a way of living. Small business is our only business at SBTV.com.
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