Support is waning for corporate involvement and advocacy around many of the country’s biggest hot-button social issues, according to a new Public Affairs Council survey shared first with Axios.
Why it matters: No business wants to become a political football ahead of the 2024 election.
There is a small plant nursery in my area that I remember had this massive obnoxious “TRUMP 2020” sign (like, bigger than their own sign) up back when I first moved there in 2019. This is in a large town in NOVA, right in the center of town on a major road, so pretty damn blatant. When the Floyd protests kicked up and started turning into riots (including here), it quietly went down for a month or two. When Joe won the election, it stayed up. Until Jan 6. Since then, there has been a notable lack of any political signaling. I can’t help but think they’ve suffered a lot of business loss and embarassment because of that sign.