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Voters support antitrust policies.

Klar ‘2022 [Rebecca; July 29; Author at The Hill; The Hill, “Majority of Democratic, Republican voters support key antitrust bills: poll”, https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3578477-majority-of-democratic-republican-voters-support-key-antitrust-bills-poll/]

A new poll found overwhelming support from voters in both parties for two key antitrust bills that are facing a dwindling deadline to pass this year.

The survey of registered voters was conducted by Edison Research for the Tech Oversight Project, a group pushing for antitrust reform that is primarily funded by the Omidyar Network and the Economic Security Project. The poll asked voters about their support for two proposals that target the market power of dominant tech firms.

Asked about the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, a bipartisan bill that would limit tech giants from preferring their own products and services over rivals’, nearly 73 percent of respondents said they lean toward supporting the bill.

The proposal, sponsored by Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), advanced out of the Senate Judiciary Committee with bipartisan support earlier this year but has yet to be called for a floor vote.

Asked about the Open App Markets Act, a bill that targets dominant app stores, more than 74 percent of respondents said they would lean toward supporting the legislation.

The app store bill, led by Klobuchar and Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), also advanced out of the committee with broad bipartisan support. But it has not been called for a floor vote either, despite ongoing pressure from supporters for leadership to call both bills to a vote.

The support for the bills in the poll was fairly split among Democratic and Republican voters. Nearly 76 percent of Democrats said they support the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, as did roughly 70 percent of surveyed Republicans, according to the poll.

Support for the Open App Markets Act had a similar breakdown, with nearly 78 percent of Democrats and 73 percent of Republicans saying they support the proposal, according to the poll.

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