Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Silicon Valley's political donations: PACs are red, individuals go blue

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For the last few elections, Silicon Valley has run a blue-tinted shade of purple with its political donations. Growing corporate money is starting to add more red.


Company donations from the tech industry are favoring Republican party candidates (53% to 47% for Dems), a flip from the last midterm election cycle but a margin much narrower than those seen in the early 2000s. With companies like Google starting to become major donors as individual donations level off, courting Silicon Valley's corporate side has become important for prospective candidates.



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from MashableJason Abbruzzese
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