Penn Jillette also describes himself as representative of libertarianism and he voted for Hillary Clinton. Frankly I find him to be a far better representative

Penn Jillette also describes himself as representative of libertarianism and he voted for Hillary Clinton. Frankly I find him to be a far better representative of the political philosophy than Thiel is. Libertarians want both economic freedom (which includes many things Trump policies against like free trade and lax immigration restrictions) and social freedom (keeping government out of debates like bathroom use and abortion), which I would argue is more than half incompatible with Trump's aphilosophical racially charged nationalism. I would guess less than 10% of tech workers are actually libertarian, and that there are more conservatives in tech than libertarians. Most are probably Democrats (for many varied and diverse reasons). But having them be the same as a lot of other people makes it harder to de-humanize them, so when that's the agenda on the table, they frequently all get pidgeonholed into being "libertarians" anyways because it's an excellent straw man.