US Presidential Campaign Divides Small Business Owners in Key Battleground State
October 25, 2012
In U.S presidential politics, Democrat Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, have championed small-business growth as a way to fuel an economic recovery in the United States. In the southern state of North Carolina, where both men are popular, small business owners are deeply divided over which candidate can best address their needs.
Larry Guinn manufactures de-mountable interior wall partitions at his factory in Summerfield, North Carolina. He worries about the future.
"I am not going to hire many people. I just see more and more unemployment in the country, and that is not good for America," Guinn said.
Not far away in Greensboro, immigration lawyer Jeremy McKinney prepares to defend another client in court. He thinks the country is on the right course.
"From out vantage point I do not see any reason to change the captain of the ship," McKinney said.
Both men are small business owners, but on opposite ends of the political divide when it comes to presidential politics and which candidate has the right plan to drive economic growth. Guinn, a Republican, supports Mitt Romney over President Obama.
"If we do not get someone in there who knows and understands how businesses operate and what is required of them to be profitable and stay in business, I am not sure how much longer small businesses are going to be able to hang on," Guinn said.
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