Expect more talk about small business issues like taxes and regulations as the post-convention presidential campaigns intensify, with Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton trying to woo entrepreneurs and show they know what company owners need.
The Associated Press reports it’s a perennial issue similar to education and jobs—part of the rhetoric designed to appeal to voters’ emotions, says David Primo, a professor of political science and business administration at the University of Rochester.
“No one’s against small business,” Primo tells The Associated Press.
The two candidates, as expected, have different takes on how to help small businesses. Delegates to the nominating conventions have many global and national issues on their minds as well. And it’s difficult to tell if owners might be swayed, positively or negatively, by Trump’s business record or Clinton’s lack of private enterprise experience.
More than on the nitty-gritty of campaign platforms, small business owners—like many Americans—may be likely to vote based on how they feel about the two candidates.
John Dinkel, a Republican convention alternate delegate and part-owner of Dinkel Implement Co., a farm and heavy equipment dealer, is concerned about issues like regulation—a topic the candidate’s son, Donald Trump Jr., mentioned briefly in his speech Tuesday.
“Why should we work our butts off as small business people when we’re going to have tons of regulations dumped on us? It wears on us after a while,” he says.
The Associated Press has the full story.
