Opinion business influence on politics U.S. 2022 | Statista

In a 2022 survey, 16 percent of adults in the U.S. agreed that American businesses should be donating money directly to political candidates, whereas 63 percent believed that they should not. Furthermore, 43 percent believed that businesses should lobby to expand civil rights in the United States.

In their dealings with government and political candidates, do you think American businesses should or should not do any of the following things?

Characteristic	Should	Should not	Not sure
Donate money directly to political candidates	16%	63%	21%
Lobby federal/state/local governments for corporate/business tax cuts	28%	48%	25%
Lobby federal/state/local governments to reduce business regulations	31%	40%	29%
Lobby federal/state/local governments to increase voter registration and voting	43%	34%	23%
Lobby federal/state/local governments to expand civil rights	41%	33%	26%
Move their business elsewhere if policies they disagree with aren't changed	39%	33%	29%

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April 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

April 5 to 8, 2022

Number of respondents

1,000 respondents

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U.S. citizens

Method of interview

Online survey

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Figures may not total 100% due to rounding.

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