TechNet, a national network of innovation economy leaders, has released a survey conducted with Echelon Insights from April 4-7, 2025. The survey highlights that a majority of Americans view technology as crucial for U.S. global competitiveness and oppose breaking up major American tech companies.
The survey indicates that 62% of Americans believe dismantling these companies would disadvantage the U.S. against adversaries like China. Additionally, 72% express concern about foreign countries surpassing the U.S. in artificial intelligence.
"Most American voters (95%) find the products and services offered by American tech companies useful," the survey notes, contrasting with only 3% who do not share this view.
A minority of respondents support efforts to break up tech companies; only 25% back current Biden administration actions in this regard, with just 9% Republican support. Furthermore, only 6% consider antitrust lawsuits against tech firms a priority for the Trump administration.
Respondents prioritize other issues over breaking up tech firms, such as border security and inflation control. A margin of voters also indicated they would be less likely to support candidates favoring such breakups.
The survey was conducted online among 2,020 likely voters using non-probability sampling and was weighted to reflect demographic characteristics from voter registration data and census information. The margin of error is +/- 2.5 percentage points.
