Two-Thirds of Americans are Boycotters

[Ian David]

Two-Thirds of Americans are Boycotters

Zogby has released his April polling and market research newsletter. You can find the whole thing here in PDF format. The whole thing is pretty interesting and worth a read, but the section on boycotting, as much as we avoid using that word, is particularly relevant.
http://www.zogby.com/April-ZRA.pdf

Two-in-three (66%) American adults say they boycott a product or company. And the top reason for such a boycott is "political issues," the reason given by nearly half of boycotters (45%).

Treatment of workers by the boycotted company placed second as a cause, with 14% saying that was the
reason they wouldn't spend their money with a company. For another 7%, environmental or animal rights
concerns led them to withhold their business, while 6% refused to buy a product not made in America.
Racial and civil rights issues trailed at 5%, followed by sexual orientation discrimination (3%) and a
refusal to buy non-union goods (2%).

For 9%, a past experience with the company is grounds for a boycott.

Women are more likely than men to boycott, by a 68% to 63% margin. Religion had little impact on this
choice, though Catholics and Jews were slightly more likely than Protestants to do so (Catholics and Jews,
66% to 63% for Protestants). Treatment of workers resonates more strongly as a cause for boycott among
Jews (17%) and Catholics (14%) than Protestants (11%).

Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to boycott a product or company, by a 72% to 58%
margin, while two-thirds of independents (68%) say they do so.

Political issues are least likely to drive Democrats to boycott-just one-in-three (33%) chose this option,
while 63% of Republicans and 41% of independents say that politics is at the core of their boycott. For
one-in-four (24%) Democrats, meanwhile, treatment of workers is the chief reason for withholding
business-far more than the 2% of Republicans and 13% of independents who say the same.

The interactive survey of 33,317 American adults was conducted March 18 through 29, 2005, and has a
margin of error of +/-0.6 percentage points.

I'm not one to place too much stock in polls, but this certainly rates as interesting information in my opinion.

It also brings up a good opportunity to remind people that we do have additional ratings coming. You can read about it here.

Posted by Raven at April 28, 2005 11:22 PM

More:
http://www.buyblue.org/archives/2005/04/twothirds_of_am.html#more

[sinkingfeeling]

1. I took this poll for Zogby last month. I'm one of the Dems that

boycott on treatment of workers as well as political grounds.

[getmeouttahere]

2. This is one area...

where progressives might actually have some power. Let's face it...there's a reason that trickle-down economics doesn't work...there aren't nearly enough at the top to start the trickle...it's not like the top 1% are going to buy hundreds of a product when they only need one. But millions of us, banding together, can bring them to their knees with boycotts. Also, I just laugh when I see stuff like "Boycott France" because anybody who puts that bumper sticker on their car likely wasn't buying anything made in France in the first place, so there's no impact there. Plus, those type of conservatives are hypocrates, crying about liberal Hollywood when they are the first ones in line at the movie theater. The vast majority of the world is with us, my fellow progessives, so if we ALL boycott it could be HUGE!

[XemaSab]

3. Word

The only thing I can think of that's made in France is embroidery floss, which I just bought a LOT of.

Viva la France!

[sinkingfeeling]

4. I've eaten more French Brie in the last two years that in the previous

fifty plus combined!! Also ordered French made candies for Christmas gifts the last 2 years.

[XemaSab]

9. I'm all about the rouge et noir

personally.

Nicasio, California, rocks.

[BeFree]

5. The trick is

According to the snip below from the OP, we need to find a target that the pukes and us boycott and focus on those companies. Together we will take that company down.

Then, if we can determine which companies we like but the pukes boycott, we can make a point of giving those companies our business.


Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to boycott a product or company, by a 72% to 58%
margin, while two-thirds of independents (68%) say they do so.

Political issues are least likely to drive Democrats to boycott-just one-in-three (33%) chose this option,
while 63% of Republicans and 41% of independents say that politics is at the core of their boycott.

[getmeouttahere]

6. Yes, it isn't just who we boycott....

but that we give our business to the progessive companies...the aptly named Progressive Auto Insurance is a great example!

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

7. Walmart is most deserving of boycotts

They've earned large scale boycotts for sooooooo many reasons: political contributions, treatment of employees, largest retail importer of cheap China goods, etc. etc.

Pigs!!!

[paparush]

8. Amen to that...

Walmart is the crud between Bush's toes. Horrible labor practices. Horrible treatment of female employees. Horrible record of imported, cheap (slave labor) goods. Just passing a WM makes me feel dirty.