SBAM Survey Says Bush More Supportive Of Small Business Than Kerry

LANSING – More than half of Michigan small business owners (54 percent) believe President Bush is the presidential candidate who would be more supportive of policies that help small business, says the latest Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM) Small Business Barometer quarterly survey.

Nineteen percent say they believe John Kerry would be more supportive of small business. Twenty-five percent are undecided, didnt know or refused to answer. One percent say Ralph Nader and one percent say other, in a survey conducted among SBAM members in May and June.

The survey did not specifically ask which presidential candidate small business owners will vote for in November. However, the Barometer did ask small business owners their general voting patterns. Fifty-two percent say they primarily vote Republican, 14 percent say they primarily vote Democrat, and 13 percent say they primarily vote independent.

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