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It's not just Apple vs the government. It's also Apple vs Apple. As a silicon valley tech company, it's likely that fewer Apple employees identify as Republican
by fweimer 1y ago
It's not just Apple vs the government. It's also Apple vs Apple. As a silicon valley tech company, it's likely that fewer Apple employees identify as Republicans than among the general U.S. population. Nevertheless, it must still be a sizable fraction of the company. Anyone deciding policy at Apple has to take that into account.
- CharlesW 1y agoIt likely aligns with California generally: Democrats: 10,396,792 (44.80%) Republicans: 5,896,203 (25.41%) Third Party/Other: 1,577,083 (6.80%) Unaffiliated: 5,336,441 (23.00%) However, keep in mind that Apple’s rank-and-file employees have virtually no power to effect change, and are no more likely to rock the boat than their counterparts in other Silicon Valley companies. They like their job and their healthcare.
- OGEnthusiast 1y agoAlso a huge % of them are likely on guest worker visas, meaning if they do push back, they can be fired and deported.