Forty-four percent of Americans younger than age 30 believe a company is correct in firing an executive because he or she personally donated to President Trump's reelection campaign.
Twenty-seven percent of people under 30 said they were fine with an executive being fired because he or she donated to the Joe Biden campaign.
The means that of Americans under 30 years old, 73 percent think it would be wrong to fire an executive from a company for donating to the Biden campaign, while only 56 percent believe it would be wrong to do so for a Trump donation.
Across all age ranges, 78 percent said it would be wrong to fire an executive for making a personal donation to Biden, while only 69 percent believe it's wrong to fire one simply for being a Trump donor.
Would these findings have been any different if the question had been, "Would you support firing a business executive solely for holding political beliefs you disagree with?".
A disturbingly high number of Americans think such a firing would be perfectly fine when triggered by specific politicians' names.
To consider just how troubling this turn is, let's improve the polling question to see if it sounds any better: "Would you support an employer, without any threat of job loss, trying to reason with and persuade by way of facts and data why executives should vote for one candidate over another?" It's scary to think what the polling numbers for this might be.
Twenty-seven percent of people under 30 said they were fine with an executive being fired because he or she donated to the Joe Biden campaign.
The means that of Americans under 30 years old, 73 percent think it would be wrong to fire an executive from a company for donating to the Biden campaign, while only 56 percent believe it would be wrong to do so for a Trump donation.
Across all age ranges, 78 percent said it would be wrong to fire an executive for making a personal donation to Biden, while only 69 percent believe it's wrong to fire one simply for being a Trump donor.
Would these findings have been any different if the question had been, "Would you support firing a business executive solely for holding political beliefs you disagree with?".
A disturbingly high number of Americans think such a firing would be perfectly fine when triggered by specific politicians' names.
To consider just how troubling this turn is, let's improve the polling question to see if it sounds any better: "Would you support an employer, without any threat of job loss, trying to reason with and persuade by way of facts and data why executives should vote for one candidate over another?" It's scary to think what the polling numbers for this might be.
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