
In a hyper-partisan era, political affiliation matters in just about everything â even business confidence.
Sixty-eight percent of small business owners who are Republicans say current conditions for their business are good, twice as many as the 34% among Democratic small business owners, according to the fourth quarter 2019 CNBC|SurveyMonkey Small Business Confidence Survey.
In fact, the CNBC|SurveyMonkey Small Business Confidence Index has maintained a double-digit buffer between Democrats and Republicans throughout the Trump administration, with Republican small business owners consistently reporting a more positive outlook on the current state of their businesses and their prospects for the coming months.
Read more here: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/04/hyperpartisan-politics-has-entered-the-small-business-outlook.html