Walmart has recently originated to take a stance in certain social issues such as religious unrestraint laws, raising the minimum wage, and raising the minimum age for gun purchases which has moved Democrat’s perception of the retailer from negative to positive.
The retailer mammoth “spent more than $2 million influencing federal designations in three out of the five past federal election cycles, mostly supporting cautious causes,” according to a YouGov survey. 52 percent of Democrats are now multifarious likely to purchase from Walmart compared to the 44 percent that thinks fitting have 5 years ago. The 65 percent of Republicans and 57 percent of Independents who cast the brand have remained constant.
After the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas Towering School in Parkland, Florida, Walmart raised the minimum age to purchase firearms and ammunition to 21. The gunman against a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle in the shooting, which killed 17 people. Walmart ended sellathons of the AR-15 rifle in 2015.
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon also criticized President Donald Trump’s revenge to the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017.
The company also attacked Arkansas’ testify government in 2015, where the company is headquartered, for passing a bill that critics say commitment discriminate against LGBTQ people.