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Dot com live this is the business half hour let's get right to really can't Rogers.
Our small business reporter at foxbusiness.com you could send her ex -- -- at FB small and it is and let's put your article.
For for this week the way small businesses pick for the White House right because yes election.
Is excellent excellent day out and there are just as confused as ever -- a big theme with these small business owners is all of this uncertainty that's going on it seems that it's translating it over to.
How they're deciding.
Who they're gonna pick for the White House.
Foxbusiness.com.
They got an exclusive look at -- small business survey honest and half nearly half of the small business owners -- B 48% said that they felt that the GOP was more in line when it.
Their own that's out -- race less regulation yes but.
32% of them -- that they would vote for President Obama or Mitt Romney is the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party.
So even though they're saying the GOP gets them more they're saying made it.
Rather -- -- Obama then.
Well what are some of the names the small businesses tell you Q covered this stuff everyday -- what are some meaning they -- that they're looking for any new administration well.
-- had so much uncertainty so their top three issues are health -- -- right.
Tax policy.
And government regulation -- -- they're Big Three and it's like we really reality daddy and it's always been a different order with all of these different surveys of those other top three issues and we actually spoke to some small business owners to see what they -- thinking.
So one of the business -- I spoke to was Larry -- -- CPA from Massachusetts so he actually.
Lives in Massachusetts when Mitt Romney was governor he said he is pro Obama all the way well that Romney is to about himself.
And to focus on making money for his investors and is more about breaking up big businesses to me money and instantly get the small business mentality.
-- different and I can counter that where -- not talking to.
The CEO of -- of them designing movement nationally -- yesterday.
And he said he does know he was formally a currency traders he just has about the markets Melissa.
He said.
He's having such a hard time getting a -- from JPMorgan Chase -- chase is essentially chasing him away yes this can get more money to grow the business well that's always a huge huge and regulation.
Is why it's hard for the banks so why they're reluctant to hand out one.
Yes exactly which is great segue into our next business owner and -- -- he's from New York City he owns.
-- -- dog daycare in dog walking center it's called the spot experience and he said he's going with.
Mitt Romney because he feels that.
The GOP and Romney really get the idea of leveraging.
Capital for small businesses and stepping away and really being more hands off and -- Obama administration has been over the past mr.
my -- story did last week with the revenue by adding Pollyanna has always yes -- issue for these small business owners and for those who are voting about.
15% said that there are very dissatisfied.
With the current field of candidates and then -- already said that they are.
Highly satisfied with the current -- -- kind of candidate they would want me now.
Well 5% of the respondents -- that they would vote for Ron Paul.
If that helps out to yeah and that and their earnings now Ron Paul that you know he says men and yeah.
You can get behind them you find them but overall -- -- he's -- it would -- their minds around gases so.
Out there -- about in the and obviously we'll come down to Obama and Romney so we'll see what happens in November and yeah Levy small businesses.
Become less confused as time goes and if -- -- small business I would.
Go for Mitt Romney at this point because he's been a business -- Yeah that's the argument that a lot of people are saying but then some are saying one -- -- -- said that he's too big business and he doesn't get mentality in my actually Larry said to me feel that these.
The GOP thinks small businesses anything smaller -- G.
That's it and yeah.
It's just that blanket mentality that is not understanding -- I guess you and I argued either way we'll see that happens in November -- -- -- -- thinking so my handset information is interesting because this comes on the same day where around.
The JPMorgan.
