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As judged by the fact that there has been a new presidential poll released just about every week for the last year, people love surveys. Mind you, I’ve never met anyone who took part in a national poll, but surely those fine survey-making folks wouldn’t just make up numbers, would they?
Let’s start with a new report from the noted statisticians at StorageUnits.com. Research experts analyzed responses from 1,968 U.S. citizens who plan to vote for either Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump in the upcoming election.
According to the report, 15% of Harris and Trump voters are considering relocating if their preferred candidate loses the election. Specifically, 19% of Harris voters indicate they will move if Trump wins, with 62% of this group considering moving to another state and 74% to another country that better aligns with their political views.
These respondents’ primary concerns over Trump’s victory include increased social inequality, a potential federal ban on abortion, the reversal of progressive rights, a lack of gun regulation and heightened racial disparities.
Conversely, 12% of Trump voters are considering relocation if Harris is elected, with 67% looking at different states and 60% seeking other countries. Their primary motivations for moving include concerns over increased taxes, higher costs of living, economic deterioration, the national debt and border policies under a Harris administration.
Can you really call yourself a patriot if you’re ready to bail as soon as someone you don’t like gets elected? Then again, easy-going Finland is called the happiest place on Earth for a reason.
- ResumeTemplates.com also posted a recent survey, this one on gender biases in U.S. politics and workplaces. Here are the high, I mean lowlights:
- 16% of Americans surveyed don’t think a woman is capable of being president of the United States.
- Most cited reasons are the belief that women are not taken as seriously and that they’re too emotional.
- Four in 10 Americans who are unlikely to vote for Harris say her gender plays a role in their decision.
- 39% of respondents say men are more effective leaders than women. They believe men are more confident, better decision-makers, handle conflict better and are more professional than women.
Other surveys show the vast majority of people aren’t happy with the way things are going in the government, which has had mostly men in charge from the beginning. And some are still more concerned about women?
- By far the most eye-opening recent survey came from ResumeBuilder.com, this one on “disguised firings.” Check out the key findings:
- 63% of companies have laid off employees in the past year.
- 80% say their company chose to layoff an employee instead of firing them.
- 31% of business leaders surveyed say performance is always a factor in layoffs.
- Half of business leaders admit that 75% – or more – of the layoffs at their company in the past year weren’t necessary for cutting costs.
Another ResumeBuilder.com survey says 30% of companies with recent layoffs replaced laid-off U.S. employees with offshore workers outside the country.
“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil,” according to 1 Timothy 6:10. I’d be scared to death to have to defend those cuts at the Pearly Gates.
- A Fast Company article recently cited that nearly half of Gen Zers think being 5-10 minutes late to meetings is actually being punctual. Since many old-timers show up 15 minutes early for everything, no wonder the generations are having trouble communicating.
Here’s something the mom and dads paying all the bills will find interesting:
1 in 10 full-time Gen Z employees work four hours or less per day. Good luck getting ahead in life with that work ethic.
David Brown is publisher of the Cherokee Scout. You can reach him by phone, 828-837-5122; email, dbrown@cherokeescout.com; or on X @daviddBstroh.