SUp.biz Poll: Small Businesses Leaning Towards Obama by 11 points

A poll taken by Sta.rtUp.Biz surveyed 1,237 U.S. small business owners asking them who they will choose for the next president.

The poll, that took place Sept. 25-Oct. 1, showed that 52% were for Obama. McCain had 41% and 7% were undecided.

Sta.rtUp.biz also allowed its member base to voice their opinion on the election. Over 200 small business owners posted their comments on the matter, and here are a few of their voices:

"I don't need a president with a knee jerk reaction to every action he takes. McGAIN, yes I said McGAIN, because I see his actions with this current run for president, as another business deal or purchase of property to add to his other seven homes. Never move so quickly, everything has a process."-Katherine Brooks, Atlanta, GA

"I get tired of the Democratic doom and gloom thinking. I am voting for McCain! One thing conservatives have is a positive attitude about the resilience of our great country. We believe in the greatness of the people, not the government."-Ron Maxim, Olympia,WA

See all 275 opinions of small business owners here.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Standlee -- Funding Commercial Companies on October 2, 2008 at 10:09am: More jobs are created by small and medium and large companies not politicians. In fact, politicians who make the government larger only ensure few jobs not more because of their need to tax everyone more to support their socialistic utopia.

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Permalink Reply by Cris Delgado on October 6, 2008 at 3:36pm: Riiight! that's why under King George we have lost 750,000 jobs in 9 months of this year alone!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mattias Kroon on October 2, 2008 at 12:32pm: The next president must realize the huge potential of small business owners overall.Of course it will be a vital part of the development of the echonomy with new echonomical innovations by internet marketers and founders.I believe this will be a part of getting over the current crisis as well.Small business owners are pioneers!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Terry Allison on October 2, 2008 at 3:11pm: I'm voting for McCain. He has the experience we need to run this country. He also knows what it takes to help people run businesses. If you are taxed to death, which is exactly what Obama would do, you're fighting against the very government that is supposed to be for you.

Sincerely,
Terry

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Permalink Reply by Candle Boutique & Gifts, LLC on October 6, 2008 at 3:45pm: I guess you must be one of those businesses these "theories" have helped. You will soon be in minority if this keeps up.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ar-Lena Richardson "The Sports ePublicist" on October 3, 2008 at 1:46am: The Business of Sports group on Staru-up
Greetings with Enlightenment,
After watching the vice-presidential debate, I'm re-thinking who would be best for me as a small business owner.
Palin caused me to pause when she pointed to the ceiling on tax protection of 250,000. It is the figure that i believe she stated.
Although many "entrepreneurs" fall below that ceiling, I'm not certain "small" business would be protected with benefits.
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Permalink Reply by Nascent Dynamics ( ) on October 3, 2008 at 2:55am: What a good point Ar-Lena,

A successful entrepreneur should be open to the idea of climbing tax brackets. Conversely, there are corporations of people finding themselves open to the idea of dropping. I think literally, without a tax bracket system, there would be no argument on the distribution of wealth. The money has to go to the people. Everyone has a fair say. Based on the consitutional focus on equality and other fair rights to each citizen, I think everyone should pay fairly, and only be obliged to pay what the poorest can fairly pay. This would surely incentivize everyone to pursue wealth that could and increase the standard of living to the poor.

I wouldn't want to work my way from entrepreneur to corporation just to see my best work be worth less to me than when I started. I say an honest day's wage for an honest day's work. The fact is, I agree taxation of any level will hurt the economy- if it is not already. Boosting one or the other at the cost of the taxpayer just doesn't make sense to me at this time.

I liked what she said about neutral tax effect (or whatever she used), where the improvement could be made through direct reallocation to people. The distribution of wealth should be reallocated fairly. I would also think this would result in tax cuts for every bracket. So then what of the excessive tax margin we gained from corporate and other organizational level markets? I think this should be levied on people that hold their money to themselves for too long. It's a big source of interest for financial institutions.

Why not have a steadily increasing tax rate for every year a dollar is held out of fair play? Why not lean the same function on the dollar that leaves the country for too long (levy it at the point of departure)? Regarding the worldly matters, why not charge the world for services fairly rendered in order to reduce the debt? O.K. maybe that's a stretch. Given recent history, I would think this country needs much more small business competition on a fair playing field.

So I agree, the policy is worth scrutinization.

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Permalink Reply by Walt Morey on October 6, 2008 at 11:56pm: THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT IS BEING MISSED BY MANY OF YOU. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE PRESIDENCY. DO YOU KNOW THAT SINCE 1954 ONLY 10% OF THE PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES PROMISED BY THE ELECTED PRESIDENTS HAVE BEEN PASSED BY CONGRESS. I'LL BET YOU DID NOT KNOW THAT!
NO MATTER WHO IS ELECTED DON'T BELIEVE FOR ONE SECOND THAT CONGRESS WILL PASS EITHER CANDIDATES PROGRAMS OR PROMISES EXACTLY AS THEY WANT IT. AND THE CANDIDATES KNOW THAT AS WELL SO THEY CN PROMISE ANYTHING KNOWING THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BLAME THE CONGRESS FOR NOT SUPPORTING THE INITIATIVES.
CONGRESS IS THE REAL PROBLEM AND THE PRESIDENT HAS VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH IT. CONGRESS HOLDS ALL THE PURSE STRINGS AND THUS ALL THE POWER! IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Adam on October 9, 2008 at 12:21pm: I'm an MBA student at the University of Mississippi and I have an assignment to conduct a survey about political mudslinging and its effectiveness. Please take 5 minutes to view my survey. http://www.tinyurl.com/mba601 Thank You.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Juce on October 15, 2008 at 3:27am: Anyone that votes for McCain is asking for poverty unless you make over the at lest $250,000.00 mark each year in income..

McCain is betting on the ignorant entrepenaur that he makes believe that Obama is cutting short the average business person that represents the majority of business income in the United States...which are the small businessess. Mom and Pop businesses,,,businesses tha function under the quota of getting by...

if you make less than $250,000.00 dollars a year...and you vote for McCain..that is all you will make and less the next four years.

at least..if not less..
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Permalink Reply by Juce on October 19, 2008 at 5:34pm: Your thinking dumb..
and obviously have not taken into count, where America is going..
How in the world could you ever want to think of Palin as our President?
don't bother to contact me...I want nothing to do with people, that think beyond themselves...your proabably making alot of money off of people that can't afford to take care of themselves..
your wrong and that's the bottom line.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Candle Boutique & Gifts, LLC on October 20, 2008 at 6:01am: For any small business that wants to speak out against the current Republican strategy of trickle down economics, I urge you to go to to the url below and tell your story. Since McCain is claiming that his policy (the same as Bush's) will help small businesses, this is a way to tell the world that it simply isn't so.

Go here:

http://my.barackobama.com/page/speakout/smallbusinesslet; ▶ Reply to This