It's the Antitrust Era for 2024 Voters Suspicious of Big Companies
By Leah Nylen
October 21, 2024 at 4:30 PM EDT
Monopoly Games
Voters really don’t like corporate monopolies.
It’s a sentiment that unites the left and right. More than 65% of voters recently polled in the seven crucial presidential battleground states and Ohio support the government suing to break up monopolies and economically powerful companies.
And in a clear signal for the campaigns of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, more than half said they’d be more likely to pick a presidential candidate who also backs tougher antitrust enforcement.
Earlier this month, Democratic pollster Lake Research Partners interviewed 600 likely voters in those states about their views on antitrust issues. The results were surprising: 67% of voters said one of the biggest problems facing the country today is corporate power and a lack of government pushback. A solid majority — 58% — had a favorable opinion of government enforcement of the antitrust laws.
The Biden administration’s Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission have broadened their aggressive enforcement beyond Big Tech like Google and Apple to bring cases against other companies that dominate markets, including Visa, Ticketmaster and drug middlemen owned by CVS and UnitedHealth.
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