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Tech employees are much more liberal than their employers

23 points by seapunk 8y ago

usaar333 8y ago
> Tech employees, who skew younger and more educated than people in other industries, are more likely to identify as Democrats and to donate as such. And how much of the donation difference can be explained by the demographics of tech employees vs. the tech company's C-suite?
wglb 8y ago
A friend of mine back, way back when, said "It is funny how I become more Republican as I get more wealthy."
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ahoy 8y ago
"Labor skews further left than Capital, more at 11"
gowld 8y ago
The premise of the article is nonsense. Corporations aren't conservative or liberal, they are selfish. Non-billionaire individuals make small donations to promote candidates and orgs (EFF, ACLU, whatever) who already support their interests. Corporations make large donations to influence the policies of people already in office. That's why corporate donations go to both right/R and left/F politicians -- they pay whoever is in power, in proportion to how much power they have. Individuals don't donate to both sides.
- bytematic 8y ago
  I've seen thru goodsuniteus.com, corporations are pretty divisive.
- Latteland 8y ago
  I think companies do make choices that lean towards the political proclivities of their founders or employees, but that doesn't mean they won't screw things up. You can do this strategy and also be selfish. Google supports liberal causes generally, like gay rights legalization back a few years ago. At the same time they certainly screwed up by following the "pay off high level sexual abusers to go away quietly" strategy, which is against their liberal agenda and so that is apparently leading to the employees doing some kind of walkout. Compare G to say "Chick fil-A" which is diametrically opposed to some things that google has supported, they are open about espousing Christianity. Chick fil-A not a big proponent of lgbtq.
liberte82 8y ago
i.e. Middle Class more liberal than the Ruling Class. Shocker.

23 points by seapunk 8y ago

> Tech employees, who skew younger and more educated than people in other industries, are more likely to identify as Democrats and to donate as such. And how much of the donation difference can be explained by the demographics of tech employees vs. the tech company's C-suite?

wglb 8y ago

A friend of mine back, way back when, said "It is funny how I become more Republican as I get more wealthy."

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ahoy 8y ago

"Labor skews further left than Capital, more at 11"

gowld 8y ago

The premise of the article is nonsense. Corporations aren't conservative or liberal, they are selfish. Non-billionaire individuals make small donations to promote candidates and orgs (EFF, ACLU, whatever) who already support their interests. Corporations make large donations to influence the policies of people already in office. That's why corporate donations go to both right/R and left/F politicians -- they pay whoever is in power, in proportion to how much power they have. Individuals don't donate to both sides.

bytematic 8y ago
I've seen thru goodsuniteus.com, corporations are pretty divisive.
Latteland 8y ago
I think companies do make choices that lean towards the political proclivities of their founders or employees, but that doesn't mean they won't screw things up. You can do this strategy and also be selfish. Google supports liberal causes generally, like gay rights legalization back a few years ago. At the same time they certainly screwed up by following the "pay off high level sexual abusers to go away quietly" strategy, which is against their liberal agenda and so that is apparently leading to the employees doing some kind of walkout. Compare G to say "Chick fil-A" which is diametrically opposed to some things that google has supported, they are open about espousing Christianity. Chick fil-A not a big proponent of lgbtq.

liberte82 8y ago

i.e. Middle Class more liberal than the Ruling Class. Shocker.