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Me too, those large Tech companies in California harvesting all of your data are known for their support and donations to Right Wing candidates

culi 3y ago
You're being sarcastic, but I think you have a pretty warped perception here. Take a look at OpenSecrets' data on Google Inc in 2012 or 2014[0] for example. (hint: They have pretty graphs if you scroll down a bit). Notice that it's pretty much neck and neck for total contributions to dems/republican candidates? Facebook, who set a lobbyist spending record, has historically donated more to Republicans than democrats[1] [0] https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/google-inc/summary?id=D000022008 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/google-inc/summary?id=D0000... [1] https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/facebook-inc/C00502906/summary/2020 https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs...
- Acrobatic_Road 3y ago
  I wouldn't call a 60-40 split "neck and neck". And I don't think this counts donations by employees, which I suspect are overwhelmingly to Democrats (because what isn't?)
- jlawson 3y ago
  You're misinterpreting or misunderstanding the data. The reality is that large tech companies are overwhelmingly Democrat-leaning. In 2020, Meta's contributions (90% from employees) were 91.59% to Democrats [0]. This article [1] explains how their employees make 87% of contributions to Democrats. This article has more good info (Netflix donates 98% Democrat! Google comes in at 88%) [0] https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/meta/totals?id=D000033563 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/meta/totals?id=D000033563 [1] https://www.ft.com/content/2fa73048-db90-11e8-9f04-38d397e6661c https://www.ft.com/content/2fa73048-db90-11e8-9f04-38d397e66... [2] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/02/most-liberal-tech-companies-ranked-by-employee-donations.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/02/most-liberal-tech-companies-...

culi 3y ago

You're being sarcastic, but I think you have a pretty warped perception here. Take a look at OpenSecrets' data on Google Inc in 2012 or 2014[0] for example. (hint: They have pretty graphs if you scroll down a bit). Notice that it's pretty much neck and neck for total contributions to dems/republican candidates? Facebook, who set a lobbyist spending record, has historically donated more to Republicans than democrats[1] [0] https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/google-inc/summary?id=D000022008 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/google-inc/summary?id=D0000... [1] https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/facebook-inc/C00502906/summary/2020 https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs...

Acrobatic_Road 3y ago
I wouldn't call a 60-40 split "neck and neck". And I don't think this counts donations by employees, which I suspect are overwhelmingly to Democrats (because what isn't?)
jlawson 3y ago
You're misinterpreting or misunderstanding the data. The reality is that large tech companies are overwhelmingly Democrat-leaning. In 2020, Meta's contributions (90% from employees) were 91.59% to Democrats [0]. This article [1] explains how their employees make 87% of contributions to Democrats. This article has more good info (Netflix donates 98% Democrat! Google comes in at 88%) [0] https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/meta/totals?id=D000033563 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/meta/totals?id=D000033563 [1] https://www.ft.com/content/2fa73048-db90-11e8-9f04-38d397e6661c https://www.ft.com/content/2fa73048-db90-11e8-9f04-38d397e66... [2] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/02/most-liberal-tech-companies-ranked-by-employee-donations.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/02/most-liberal-tech-companies-...