Posted on 08/30/2016 1:23:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Solution provider support for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump shot back up this month, catapulting him back into the lead over his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, according to a CRN survey.
Trump is up by 18 percent after being tied with Clinton only a month ago.
In a monthly survey of 182 solution providers, about 54 percent said Trump, the New York real estate mogul, would be the better candidate for their businesses if elected, while only 36 percent said the same about Clinton, the former secretary of state, U.S, senator and first lady. Ten percent of survey respondents said an alternative candidate would be better.
This month’s surge for Trump comes after the GOP nominee fell into a July slump in his support among solution providers. CRN's monthly poll in June put Trump up over Clinton by 48 to 38 percent. In July, the candidates were tied at 47.4 percent.
Ronald E. Wells, owner and sole proprietor of his namesake, Montclair, Calif-based solution provider business, said he believes Trump will be better for business, but he added that he's “not as much pro-Trump” as he is concerned with “how bad Hillary would be.”
“She doesn’t even know business,” Wells said. He added that he's concerned that federal regulations on businesses would increase during a Clinton administration, negatively affecting business.
Admittedly, he noted, federal regulations have not affected his business directly during his 33 years as a business owner, but they can hurt his clients.
“Regulations hurt business,” he said, “and the special interests behind Clinton do not want to see less regulations; they are going to want more.”
Meanwhile, Colin Cox, owner of Canoga Park, Calif.-based Quest Media & Supplies Inc., said he believes Trump is seeing an uptick in his numbers because of his consistent self-promotion.
“In the case of Trump, sometimes if you say something enough times, people begin to believe it, and not many people check the facts,” he said.
Trump will be bad for business, Cox said, because he will not be able to provide a stable economic environment.
“I just don’t believe Trump has the capability to execute in a consistent manner,” he said.
With the economy just finding its footing again following the Great Recession, Cox said his business is starting to see an uptick, with sales growing between 25 and 30 percent over the last year-and-a-half.
Cox said confidence is returning, and consistency is what businesses such as his need.
Clinton, he said, would help create consistency thanks to her analytical demeanor, while Trump would be “rather tumultuous,” for business.
“I feel that her analytical skill will help the market stay the course,” he said.
Yeah CRN?... Really??? Computer Resellers News
Small sample size. Meaningless as all the other polls
Ignore all media
Get Out The .vote
Why? It’s cheery news.
If it was bad it would be accepted as law an grinding and gnashing of teeth would occur.
I welcome this news.
Of course I’m Italian, so “solution provider” means something altogether different :0
Perhaps we can make a deal....
NEVER over the internet or the phone though :)
It’s irrelevant to the election, but terms like “solution provider” are so meaningless it’s funny. As compared to a “Problem Provider” or a “Solution Remover”? Just buzzwords that probably came out as a concensus “solution” from some group brainstorming session on “how do we identify ourselves in the industry?”.
Which is the same kind of thinking process that gets us 57 kinds of gender and all sorts of politically-correct crap.
Can’t help but think “the industry” would be better served if these folks would simply identify themselves with words describe what they do, even to someone who is not one of the intimate insiders.
I figured everyone else knew what a solution provider was o i didn’t want to ask and look stupid LOL!!!
I have an uncle who is a “solution provider” of a different sort :)
Ceery says it all. Some business owners are optimistic. They want to play to win. They want to get on base and then get some RBIs. They try to solve a customer’s problem.
Some business owners play to not lose. Their business does not try to solve the customer’s problem. It tries to convince the customer to accept mediocrity.
The role of government is to prevent the optimist from gaining an unfair advantage over those who settle for mediocrity.
:)
Fortunately, our thing doesn’t have that kind of political muscle anymore. They were pro union.
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