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In a survey conducted through a random sampling of 4,269 MerchantCircle members 44% of small business owners say the $700 billion dollar financial bailout will not help them and 35% are not sure.
Despite White House and Congressional efforts to persuade Main Street America the bailout is needed, Nearly 80% of Small Business Owners Remain Unconvinced The survey was sent in an email participating merchants, 31.4% of the sampling had one , 48.2% had 2 to 5 employees, 11.1% had 6 to 10 employees, 5.1% had 11 to 20 employees, and 4.2% 21+ employees.
Results of the complete MerchantCircle survey will appear on it’s blog on October 7, 2008. The questions range from which candidate would help out small businesses the most, whether race or age would play a part in their decision, and which candidate they planned on voting for in November. For the complete survey results on October 7, check the MerchantCircle blog at http://www.merchantcircle.com/corporate/blog/ or email Support@MerchantCircle.com for an emailed copy and alert.

Founded in 2005, MerchantCircle is the largest social network of local business owners in the nation with over 625,000 members. MerchantCircle is located on Main St. in downtown Los Altos, California.