Dental News - Dentists root for Romney in presidential election

Dental Tribune International

Mon. 5 November 2012

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TIBURON, Calif., USA: This Tuesday, voters in the U.S. will decide who will be president of the United States for the next four years. Were it up to dentists, it seems that Barack Obama would have vacate the White House for Mitt Romney in January.

According to a recent non-representative survey conducted by the dental marketing website The Wealthy Dentist in October, 72 per cent of the responding dentists said that a win by the Republican candidate would benefit their practice. More than two thirds even said that a win by Democrat and incumbent president Obama would hurt their business. While male respondents favored Mitt Romney as president, women endorsed a second term of Barack Obama.

More dentists from rural and suburban areas responded to the survey than dentists from urban areas, according to the website.

So far, the survey remains the only one conducted among dentists. The website also surveyed dentists before the 2008 presidential election, which saw most dentists favoring the back then Republican candidate John McCain.

"If Obama is re-elected, we can expect higher taxes, further devaluation of the dollar, which creates higher costs, and more patients with less reimbursement," said a dentist from the Midwest, explaining his choice.

A Florida dentist commented: "I think dental care is going back to the 1960s when no one had dental insurance coverage and dentists will only be dealing with emergencies for the most part. Both candidates do not talk about or mention dentistry in their future."

According to the latest polls, President Obama is slightly ahead of Mitt Romney nationally. Polls will close on Nov. 6 between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. depending on the state. While dentists currently constitute less than 0.001 percent of eligible voters in the U.S., a large number of dental professionals reside in swing states like Ohio, North Carolina and Florida, which political experts think will be decisive for winning the election.

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