A Gallup poll released Tuesday found that Americans are increasingly weary of corporations meddling in current political events.
By 2022, 48% of Americans, or nearly half, will I wanted They want companies to speak out on current affairs and politics. Now, two years later, only 38% want companies to speak out on politics, down two years from just two years ago.
The Gallup poll also found that Americans across nearly all age groups, genders, races and party affiliations are less likely to want to hear their opinions on current events from companies.
Groups that previously listened most to corporate input are now much less likely to say so: In 2022, three-quarters of Democrats thought companies should take a stand on current events, but that support had fallen 22 percentage points over the past two years.
Over that same time period, Asian and Black adults have fallen 27 percentage points and 18 percentage points, respectively, to say companies should speak up. The only groups that now express majority support for companies taking a public stance are LGBTQ+ adults (55%), Black adults (54%) and Democrats (53%).
Only 22% of Republicans want corporations to interfere in current affairs, while Democrats are the party most likely to want corporations to interfere in current affairs.
79% of Democrats want to hear from companies about diversity, equity, and inclusion, and 38% want to hear from them about climate change, while 36% of Republicans want to hear from companies about free speech, 33% want to hear from companies about mental health, and 28% want to hear from companies about healthcare.
More than three-fifths of Democrats and Republicans say they are less likely to buy services or goods from a company that supports the opposing party’s candidate.
Gallup concluded that “as Americans turn their attention to the 2024 presidential election and each party’s platform on a range of policy issues, their tolerance for corporations interfering in those debates continues to wane.”
Gallup conducted the survey of 5,835 American adults between April 29 and May 6.
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