Surprising this isn't more Republican than +18
Is there any similar data from previous elections?
I did a search for "small business owner poll obama romney" for articles around the 2012 election. Here's what I could find (listed by date, oldest to newest):
57 Romney -
32 Obama,
Romney +25, unknown sample, assumed
Manta poll, assumed published in the Washington Post in May, 2012. [
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61 Romney -
26 Obama,
Romney +35,
~2,000 small business owners,
Manta poll, published in the Washington Post on August 21st, 2012. [
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47 Obama -
39 Romney,
Obama +8, 6,415 small business owners, George Washington University poll, published in PoliticusUSA on September 18th, 2012 and the Washington Post September 19th, 2012. [
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47 Obama -
47 Romney, Tie, unknown subsample, Gallup poll conducted September 24th, 2012 to September 27th, 2012, published in USA Today on September 30, 2012. [
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47 Romney -
35 Obama,
Romney +12, 1,200 small business owners,
Manta poll conducted in September 2012, published in the American Express October 9th, 2012. [
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According to the Manta polls, small business owners are actually supporting Trump
more than they supported Romney in 2012.
Others polls that didn't quite fit:
Gallup poll of "Business Owners" April and May 2012Discover Small Business Watch survey for the 2011 Midterm (???)
