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WATCH: New Yorkers Blame Elected Officials for Amazon Pulling Out of HQ2 Deal

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In the wake of Amazon deciding to cancel plans to bring a new headquarters to New York in Long Island City, Probolsky Research conducted Field Focus Groups™ to gauge who New York residents blame for the deal falling apart. You can watch the video below.

Question: Who do you blame for Amazon canceling plans to bring their new headquarters to New York?

A majority, 55% say they blame elected officials.

Less than one-third, 31% say they blame Amazon.

And 14% say they don’t care.

New Yorkers have strong opinions about this subject, here are some key take-aways:

  • Those who blame Amazon mention: greed, how they treat their workers and tax incentives
  • Those who blame elected officials mention: loss of jobs, socialists and the immediate and long-term benefits of H2

Probolsky Research Field Focus Groups™ are used to gather firsthand responses from people impacted during crises or other significant events.

The video shows responses, first those who blame Amazon, then those who don’t care and finally those who blame elected officials. You can view the results here:

Probolsky Research is an independent, non-partisan market and opinion research company with corporate, election, government, non-profit and other special interest clients.

Probolsky Research is releasing these results for public interest purposes and was not compensated for, or urged to conduct the research, by any individual or organization.

One-third of Americans Say NO! to Political Consultants in the Family

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Are political consultants so reviled that families will shun their children that choose the profession? It turns out yes, some will, but more would say, “congratulations.”

This week we feature the results of a new survey. We asked U.S. adults: “If your child or someone close to you became a political consultant, how would you react?”

Older Americans 65+ are most likely to congratulate their kinfolk upon becoming a political consultant. We didn’t ask why, but we suspect it’s because they are just happy they have a job.

So go ahead and join the ranks of the feast and famine class. Join with caution however, since there is a big risk of being shunned, but a better chance you will get a pat on the back, especially from grandma and grandpa.

On the bright side, a full 1/4 of Americans don’t know what a political consultant is, so you can tell them it is a kind of engineer, or psychologist.

This online survey of 1,024 U.S. adults was conducted from February 2-5, 2018 and has a margin of error of +/-3.2%.