Chamber of Progress released new exit polling it conducted on 2024 voters’ views on economic policy, regulation, and tech policy. The poll – which sampled registered voters nationwide and in the seven battleground states – found that 2024 voters overwhelmingly considered the high costs of goods and services the biggest problem facing the economy, far outranking other factors like corporate power and the economic threat from China. 

On tech policy, voters broadly supported collaboration between Congress and industry stakeholders to develop pro-consumer regulations. Voters were far more concerned with strengthening consumer protections and creating more tech jobs than aggressively regulating apps and services.

The poll, conducted by Morning Consult immediately following the election, also examined voter sentiment towards emerging tech policy issues like content moderation, social media use, autonomous vehicles, gig work, cryptocurrency, and artificial intelligence.

Read the full poll results here

Key polling results include:

Tech Policy

• Voters trust Obama’s tech agenda over Trump’s. More voters nationally trust Obama’s past approach to regulating technology companies (54%) than Trump’s proposed approach (51%). Only 43% of voters trust Biden’s approach.
• Among tech policy issues, voters want Trump to focus on tech jobs and consumer protection. Only 11% of voters said the next Trump administration should prioritize taking aggressive action to regulate technology apps and services.
• Scams, price-raising consolidation, and misinformation are voters’ top priorities for tech policy. Bans on integrated services, app store regulation, and broadband expansion ranked lowest.
• Most voters think teens’ use of social media should be monitored by parents (76%) rather than regulated by the government (15%).

Economic Policy & Election Priorities

• Regulating technology companies was the least important issue to voters across the 12 election priorities tested. The most important issue for both Harris and Trump voters was controlling inflation and strengthening the economy (49%).
• When asked about the problems facing the economy, the high cost of living was three times more important to battleground voters than corporate power. An overwhelming majority of voters nationally (65%) also said that high costs are the biggest problem facing the economy, far outranking corporate power (15%).
• Trump outranked all Democrats on the economy, but Obama’s economic policies remain popular. A slim majority (51%) of battleground voters view Trump’s economic policies positively. Obama’s economic policies were viewed favorably by 50% of battleground voters – making them significantly more popular than Harris’s (43%) and Biden’s (35%). 

“It was always clear that this election would come down to the high cost of living. Democrats spent too much time and energy going after corporate bogeymen instead of addressing voters’ top concerns,” said Chamber of Progress Founder and CEO Adam Kovacevich. “To rebuild their supermajority, Democrats need to shelve their campaign against companies and focus on building an economy that works for all Americans.”

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