Hillary Favored by Small Business Leaders

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Friday November 23, 2007 · 8:29 PM PST

2007/11/23 · 20:29

According to Bloomberg News, Hillary Clinton is the favorite among small business leaders who normally lean Republican. This resonates with me as an MBA and a small business owner(actually, it's my husband's business, which I am in the process of stepping away from, but I helped him develop it, and plan to open my own business in the near future). Hillary has crafted plans that work for small business, particularly her health plan, which allows business owners access to affordable health care for themselves and their employees, while also exempting the truly small business from financing health care for their employees. The study also finds a majority of small business owners are in support of regulated health care.

According to the report:

MarketTools Inc.'s Zoomerang online survey about the 2008 presidential candidates drew more than 1,000 responses.

Of those, 22 percent said they prefer Ms. Clinton over other candidates in either party. Republican Rudy Giuliani, a former New York mayor, was second, with 17 percent.

The survey suggests a change in attitudes toward health care, a leading issue for Ms. Clinton, 60. As first lady in 1993, she encountered resistance from small-business owners when she led an effort to overhaul the nation's health care system. In the Inc.-Zoomerang survey, 57 percent of respondents said that a regulated system would be good for businesses.

"More entrepreneurs are identifying as independents, and they are more open to Clinton and to regulated health care," Jane Berentson, editor of Inc., said in a statement.

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