Majority Support Banning TikTok from App Stores

(Austin, TX—July 20, 2022) Convention of States Action, in partnership with The Trafalgar Group—one of America’s most accurate pollsters in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2021—is releasing the results of a new national survey. Results were from surveys conducted July 7th through July 10th of over 1,000 likely 2022 election voters.

“TikTok not only presents a grave national security threat to the United States, but research is also finding it is highly addictive and dangerous for young people. In addition, TikTok is run by ByteDance—a company with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party,” said Mark Meckler, former CEO of Parler and President of Convention of States Action. “A majority of voters agree that TikTok’s digital warfare against the United States must be stopped, and expect Washington,DC—which has the ability to do something about this right now—to take action now to protect our nation, rather than pandering Chinese influence.”

For complete details on the poll, including graphics, please visit:

https://www.thetrafalgargroup.org/news/nat-issues-tiktok-0712/

KEY INSIGHT: Majority of American Voters Support Removal of Tik Tok from App Stores After Company Admits America’s User Data Can be Accessed by China:

• 58.6 percent of voters support efforts to remove Tik Tok from app stores now that the company has revealed that American’s user data can be accessed by Tik Tok employees in China.

• 17.8 percent of voters oppose removing Tik Tok from app stores.

• 23.6 percent of voters are not sure.

KEY INSIGHT: Majority of Independents and Republicans Support Removal of Tik Tok from App Stores, Democrats are Divided:

• 56.9 percent of Independents support efforts to remove Tik Tok from app stores now that the company has revealed that American’s user data can be accessed by Tik Tok employees in China. 18.5 percent oppose removing Tik Tok from app stores, and 24.5 percent are not sure.

• 76.8 percent of Republicans support efforts to remove Tik Tok from app stores now that the company has revealed that American’s user data can be accessed by Tik Tok employees in China. 10.9 percent oppose removing Tik Tok from app stores, 12.3 percent are not sure.

• 39.2 percent of Democrats support efforts to remove Tik Tok from app stores now that the company has revealed that American’s user data can be accessed by Tik Tok employees in China. 25.1 percent oppose removing Tik Tok from app stores, and 35.7 percent are not sure.