FF Poll: Breaking Up is Hard To Do

Q1. Which of the following companies do you believe are too large and/or too powerful, and should be broken up on anti-trust grounds? (Check all that apply.)

overall

custom

male

female

rep

ind

dem

18-29

30-44

45-64

65+

Apple (also owner of Shazam, Beats)

16%

17%

14%

16%

19%

0%

13%

20%

16%

Alphabet (parent of Google, YouTube, Android)

50%

60%

42%

52%

50%

49%

84%

55%

43%

50%

Facebook (also owner of Instagram, Whatsapp, Oculus VR)

54%

61%

47%

48%

52%

62%

84%

45%

55%

54%

Amazon (also owner of Twitch, Whole Foods, Zappos, Audible)

37%

46%

29%

37%

32%

44%

47%

39%

35%

37%

JPMorgan Chase

28%

8%

35%

41%

36%

24%

29%

28%

General Electric

15%

17%

13%

9%

13%

23%

0%

15%

17%

15%

AT&T (also owner of HBO, CNN, Turner Broadcasting DC Films, Cartoon Network, Fandango...)

48%

51%

46%

35%

57%

53%

52%

45%

50%

48%

Microsoft (also owner of LinkedIn, Skype, GitHub, Xbox)

20%

19%

20%

16%

22%

20%

0%

19%

23%

20%

Berkshire Hathaway (owner of GEICO, Dairy Queen, BNSF Railway, Lubrizol, Duracell, Benjamin Moore, Clayton Homes, Fruit of the Loom, Pilot Flying J...)

25%

24%

25%

15%

28%

30%

15%

22%

28%

25%

ExxonMobil

19%

23%

16%

5%

9%

46%

31%

15%

21%

19%

None of these

30%

24%

34%

41%

26%

21%

15%

34%

28%

30%

Q2. Democratic Presidential candidates and the Trump Justice Department are each looking at large tech companies with an eye towards anti-trust issues, suggesting either may move to break up one or more firms. Which, if any, do you think will be broken up against their will by government pressure or actions within the next 6 years? (Check all that apply.)

overall

custom

male

female

rep

ind

dem

18-29

30-44

45-64

65+

Apple (also owner of Shazam, Beats)

10%

11%

9%

13%

9%

7%

0%

8%

13%

10%

Alphabet (parent of Google, YouTube, Android)

34%

40%

28%

37%

42%

22%

52%

29%

35%

34%

Facebook (also owner of Instagram, Whatsapp, Oculus VR)

44%

53%

35%

36%

44%

52%

68%

29%

50%

44%

Amazon (also owner of Twitch, Whole Foods, Zappos, Audible)

30%

41%

19%

27%

25%

40%

47%

17%

36%

30%

Microsoft (also owner of LinkedIn, Skype, GitHub, Xbox)

12%

9%

14%

12%

14%

9%

0%

7%

17%

12%

None of these

28%

29%

27%

28%

0%

34%

28%

Don't know

17%

7%

26%

22%

12%

15%

23%

13%

17%

Don't care

0%

Q3. In general, if you could choose between breaking up a US company that has a near monopoly market share so that domestic competition could have a better chance, or leaving the company intact so that it could best compete with an equally large Chinese company, which would you choose?

overall

custom

male

female

rep

ind

dem

18-29

30-44

45-64

65+

Break it up

27%

29%

26%

19%

30%

34%

84%

31%

16%

27%

Leave it intact

23%

24%

21%

25%

30%

11%

0%

19%

28%

23%

Really can't say, it all depends

33%

30%

35%

36%

27%

36%

0%

35%

37%

33%

That's not how the real world works so not worth answering

12%

13%

10%

17%

10%

8%

15%

7%

14%

12%

Don't know

3%

1%

5%

1%

9%

0%

5%

3%

Don't care

0%