Lawyers are not fortune tellers, but they do have their fingers on the pulse of many other business people and “civilians.” In my 25 years counseling, advising and convening the managing partners of business law firms from across the United States and Canada regularly for events and webinars, I’ve made a habit of asking my attendees and clients what they think about the ongoing race for president.

Four years ago, in May 2016, I asked my attendees at a Managing Partner Forum conference their preference for president. In keeping with the general demographics of the race, or perhaps as an indication of what was to come, these lawyers indicated they preferred then-candidate Donald Trump by 35% to 16% over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Sen. Bernie Sanders got 10%, and others (I didn’t probe) got 39%, but I suspect those “others” were the remaining Republicans with an outside chance at capturing the nomination. If I’m right, some 74% wanted to see a Republican in the Oval Office.

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