Support for businesses taking public stances on issues drops: Gallup

Americans’ support for businesses taking public stances has dipped, according to a new poll, as many companies have curried favor with President Trump during his second term. 

Forty-seven percent of 3,270 respondents to a Gallup survey said businesses should take a stance on current events, down from 51 percent in 2025 but up from 38 percent in 2024. 

Gallup’s findings are based on its annual Business in Society survey, conducted with Bentley University in May. The poll has a margin of error of 2.4 percentage points. 

Fifty-three percent of respondents said businesses should not speak out publicly, representing the median result of the five instances Bentley and Gallup have asked the question.

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