According to a Morning Consult study of 400 corporate executives released on the one-year anniversary of the Capitol riot, 72% of business leaders believe the United States’ democracy is in jeopardy, The Hill reports.
According to the poll, commissioned by the research firm Public Private Strategies, 85 percent of business executives feel that the United States’ capitalism is dependent on a well-functioning democracy.
According to the poll, 77 percent of CEOs favor the Freedom to Vote Act, which would increase voting rights and crack down on gerrymandering, and a slew of other things. Another 73% support the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which would compel states with a history of discrimination to get federal permission before changing voting rules.
Those proposals have bipartisan support, but Republicans have enough votes in the Senate’s 50-50 split to reject them. Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have said that they oppose overcoming the filibuster’s 60-vote threshold.
According to a Morning Consult poll, 74% of participants favor changing Senate rules in order to enact voting rights bills.
The business world was stunned by the onslaught on Jan. 6 and following GOP attempts to reverse the election results in 2020. Many firms halted PAC funding to the 147 Republicans objectors in reaction, but many have already restarted and others are planning to do so.
Corporate America has indicated support for initiatives that increase voting access while opposing GOP legislation that tighten voting restrictions. The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act has been promoted by several of the country’s top corporations.
Between December 28 and 30, 400 business executives from corporations with over 250 workers were polled. The error margin is 5 percentage points, plus or minus.
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