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for 2022 mid terms, opensecrets.org reports 95.38% for democrats, 0.19% republicans, 4.42% others. overview of 2022 mid terms for technology: https://www.open
by CodeArtisan 4y ago
for 2022 mid terms, opensecrets.org reports 95.38% for democrats, 0.19% republicans, 4.42% others.
overview of 2022 mid terms for technology: https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.php?ind=B&Bkdn=DemRep&cycle=2022 https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.php?ind=B&Bkd...
Twitter specifically: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/twitter/recipients?toprecipscycle=2022&id=D000067113&candscycle=2022 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/twitter/recipients?toprecip...
FTX: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/ftx-us/summary?id=D000073694&topnumcycle=2022 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/ftx-us/summary?id=D00007369...
- djur 4y agoThe two "others" were Bernie Sanders and Evan McMullin, and the one Republican was Adam Kinzinger, a high-profile Trump critic who didn't even run for reelection in '22. There was a single individual donation of $200 to the RNC. I don't know what anybody expects, though. Tech workers tend to be young, affluent, educated city-dwellers, and that demographic is strongly and increasingly inclined toward supporting Democrats. Twitter is headquartered in San Francisco, a liberal city in a heavily Democratic state. There's no conspiracy at work here. Republicans could choose to try to appeal to tech workers if they wanted.