Most Employer-Friendly Presidential Candidate: John McCain?

BLR_CCeplenski

Hello

BLR ran a poll on Compensation.BLR.com asking "If elected president, which candidate do you think would be the most employer-friendly?" We received over 500 responses. John McCain received the most votes (38%) followed by Barack Obama (32%) and Hillary Clinton (20%). Mike Huckabee dropped out of the race about 24 hours after the poll was posted, but he still managed to receive 8% of the vote, and Ralph Nader received 3%.

We invite your feedback as to who you think would be the most employer-friendly president among these candidates. (Specifically I'm wondering why John McCain received the most votes--is it simply because he is Republican that he is viewed as more employer-friendly?)

We'd be very intersested to receive your insights into reasons why you believe any of these candidates would be the best president for employers, regardless of whether you voted.

Thanks!

Chris Ceplenski

Senior Editor, BLR

 

regdunlop

what no ron paul? in all seriusness i long for the the clinton years with regard to the economy. what i don't miss is the cynicism so i go with barack obama. yes more regulation but that would be more than offset by a better economy.

johnnyBravo

My guess is that most people didn't have a reason and treated it like a popularity contest--they just voted for whoever they liked best. 

That's the only way to explain why more than half of the voters chose a Democrat (Obama or Clinton) when we know that a Republican president means less chance of new rules and regulations being passed that employers need to abide by.

fisHRman

Hey, Johnny--it's a popularity contest because no one knows specifics on what candidates have planned for workplace, other than that old-faithful "create more jobs"