“Employees at two of the technology industry’s younger giants, Google and Yahoo, overwhelmingly support a presidential candidate who has positioned himself as the leader of a new political wave,” Todd Bishop reports for The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. “Elder statesmen Apple and Microsoft? Not as much.”
“Employees of all four companies have contributed more to Sen. Barack Obama than to any other candidate,” Bishop reports.
“That’s one pattern evident in a Seattle Post-Intelligencer analysis of Federal Elections Commission data. The analysis looked at personal contributions by workers and executives at 15 major technology companies,” Bishop reports.
“Among other things, the numbers indicate strong Democratic leanings among technology workers. More than 73 percent of the money contributed by workers at the 15 companies has gone to Democratic candidates. That’s well above the roughly 60 percent going to Democrats from the general population,” Bishop reports.
“One anomaly is the tech industry’s support for Republican Ron Paul. Among employees of the 15 companies in the sample, he ranked third in donations, ahead of Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee,” Bishop reports.
“A potential clash of corporate cultures is a major question in Microsoft’s $44.6 billion bid to acquire Sunnyvale’s Yahoo. And based on the election data, at least, there’s a notable difference between employees at the two companies,” Bishop reports. “Yahoo employees made personal contributions to Obama totaling more than $66,500 through Feb. 29 – three times as much as they gave to the Clinton campaign… Microsoft employees have given about $193,000 to Obama’s campaign, and about $178,000 to Clinton’s campaign.”
Bishop reports, “Apple is sort of in the middle. The Cupertino company’s employees have given $40,700 to Obama and $28,700 to Clinton.”
More in the full article here.
Cha-Chiinngggg
Hit generator!
Tech types must be smarter, forward looking and not too mired in the past.
The 60’s are OVER, Hillary.
The 40’s and 50’s are REALLY OVER McCain!
great news!
we need a muslem president to put the country on the right path.
also, barack needs to apply the economic theory of juche.
allahu akbar (god is great)
It’s pretty obvious which computer company Obama’s web designer prefers.
What an Abomination! (Obamanation?)
Let the out of place political discussion commence.
Oh, boy. This thread is going south real quick!
Get your non-political posts in while you can.
Baba-booie, baba-booie, baba-booie!
There. I got mine in.
Didn’t Billy Boy do a sleepover at Stevie’s house
back when they visited Chelsea at Stanford awhile back??
Everybody bring your sleeping bags, but watch out for Billy in the middle of the night.
shouldn’t it at least be: “Apple and other tech firms employees’…” though it still sounds awkward.
all you native speakers, am i wrong?
or better: “Apple’s and other tech firms’ employees’…”
B.Clinton: “Wanna swap wives, Steve?”
S.Jobs: “I don’t do that kind of thing, Bill.”
B.Clinton: “….Got anything you wanna swap?”
Trouble is that most of the tech companies are Left Coasters anyway. And it’s not surprising they like Ron Paul, since he at least has logic behind his positions and looks like he might actually do what he says, instead of saying what ever he thinks would get him elected, then doing what ever he damn well pleases after he’s in office (the current regimes publicly stated approach).
The question is whether the conservative south will vote actual Christian values or the phony “values issues” that has gotten them all sweaty in the past. (i.e. Nobody favors abortion. The debate is over who gets to make the choice, the individual or the religious right, using the government as their enforcer. The conservatives just want the government to make a woman’s decision for her. How odd is that. They want small government, except when it forces people to follow their beliefs )
ralph from berlin,
Proper English would be, “Apple and other tech firms’ employees.”
Possessive for the firms, although they don’t really own the employees. Well, except maybe Apple.
Oh, while we are at it, it should also be “Berlin”.
And in the competition for the first ignorant, illiterate comment to be appended to this article, we have a winner…
SUDESHAN!
Watch below for more.
Wow, what a surprise. I figured they still be pullin’ for Kucinich…
Just goes to show that some tech firm employees are idiots! Keep the politics off this board please! Obama Bin Ladin’s face is making me nauseas!
lurker: The question is whether the conservative south will vote actual Christian values or the phony “values issues” that has gotten them all sweaty in the past.
… how about they vote neither and instead rely on modes of justification which they share with their fellow citizens.
Is it unreasonable to think that religion is a private matter (about your soul) and law is a public matter (about what people should be free to do), and that the former should not be used to decide questions about the latter?
Oh good grief.
I’m predicting this will go to 3 pages of blinkered, ignorant commentary.
Blah blah Clinton blah blah taxes blah blah moon landing was a hoax blah blah republican oil blah blah paper shredding queen blah blah blah blah on and on and on.
Socialism here we come!!
Bakla Obama, Hitlerey Clinton.
Some choice!
Mac Addict had pictures of Bush using a 20″ G4 iMac in the Oval Office, so any attempt to say one party or the other is better because of what computer they use is moot.
It’s already too late for the USA. We’ve been invaded and nobody cares. I give up. I’m glad I’m on my way out, rather than on my way in.
If you want to get rich—be a politician. Ask Slick Willy and the rest of them, repubs and dems alike.
Apple, other tech firm employees’ contributions favor Democrats over Republicans, Obama over Clinton
I would have written it as:
The political contributions made by employees of Apple and other tech firms favor Democrats over Republicans, Obama over Clinton.
In other news, employees from tech industry companies are pretty much split in the “tastes great” – “less filling” debate.
If we can survive the Republicans, we can survive the Democrats.
ralph from berlin,
Proper American would be, “Apple and dem udder guys.”
@Hard Nard
But was the computer on???
@ sudershan
What’s a “muslem”?
Can MacDailyNews please stay away from politics. I get enough of this crap on the TV already. Sheesh.
I’m not an American, but all I can say – I really hope that the next U.S. president is NO OTHER than Barack Obama.
sudershan we need a muslem president to put the country on the right path.
Maybe. Too bad for you that only three christians are running this time.
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@cubert
but where is the possessive for apple? their employess are also meant, aren’t they?
and as for berlin, we’re going low and slow here in germany
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Where do they get these statistics???
I work at one of those Co.s and no one asked me who I gave $$$ to.
Boo hoo!
“What’s a ‘muslem’?”
It’s a breakfast dish made of uncooked rolled oats and fruit that you must eat five times a day.
@ ping
“Too bad for you that only three christians are running this time.”
Too bad for all us us. 🙁
‘of’ us.
Hey, speaking of, the Pope is coming today, trying to find someone that still likes him. It’s getting hard to get little boys to join the church these days.
@ Ampar
And you have to bend over and put your face right in the bowl.
@Ampar…you are using the singluar. Muselix is plural, like one ass two astericks (also know as two Gauls)
I always vote for the Pinko-Gay candidates.
I’ll bet they know a few asstricks.
I second what Lurker said.
ChrissyOne, I bet you know quite a few ass tricks too!
Counting down to the demands from the likes of David Horowitz and Brent Bozell that Apple and Google hire more conservatives!
You can’t teach an old ass new tricks, but you can
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@ Buster
Why you gotta be hatin’ on Buster, dude? Do Canadians frighten you that much?
That was directed at FAKE Buster, BTW.
How many people use the name?
@ Buster:
really “cool” names brings on many clones
I’m one of those bitter people of which Obama speaks, I like guns and I hate illegal immigrants. In particular, I dislike Muslim politicians like Obama and his racist preacher/advisor that despise everything Whitey has accomplished.
Not surprising that Steve Jobs is a democrat, left-winger. After all, he is from Syria, and is probably a closet Muslim like Obama.
@Bitter Man
You’re joking, right?
No, he’s just stupid.
Bitter Man, I too seriously hope you are joking. If not, might I suggest you take the available handle:
Bitter Ignorant Man
Whitey has accomplIshed a lot. You’ve certainly got that right.
Let’s see….
If anyone survives democrat socialism for 4 years, you’ll be wishing for republicans despite their shortcomings.
I find it amazing how much control people want to cede to government, when has it “ever” worked out well for the average person when the government want to run your life. And more democrats than republicans want to run your life, down to the finest details, where you get health care, what car you drive, what light bulbs you use… And hang on to your wallet, its going to get a lot lighter under more democrat control, and if you don’t think so, than sorry, you are a fool….
Macinfo
The fastest rate of U.S. GDP growth since 1890 occurred between 1933 and 1943. Hmmm … weren’t those the years when FDR was implementing his New Deal (the closest thing to socialism that the U.S. has ever experienced)?
@ Macinfo
They ALL want to run your life. Grow up and start paying attention.
The fastest rate of U.S. GDP growth since 1890 occurred between 1933 and 1943. Hmmm … weren’t those the years when FDR was implementing his New Deal
Those years also contained WWII, which I’m sure helped a bit with the GDP…
They ALL want to run your life.
I agree, to an extent, but I have fewer problems with the agenda of the conservatives.
My initial question on any candidate at the national or state level is “What is their stance on gun rights?”. If they are for more gun control, they don’t get my vote, no matter what the other issues are. A disarmed population is an easily controlled population. Notice that most, if not all, of the recent mass shootings have occurred in “gun-free” zones (more like “easy target” zones).
That’s why I will not even consider Obama or Hillary. No matter what they say, their record shows their true stance on the issue.
I think it’s far too soon for americans to accept having a black president… And if… some crazy KKK fanatic could just kill him.
Maybe within 20 years or so…
@ Those who keep claiming Democrats are economy-killing socialists
Check the stats. Here’s what you’ll find.
Under Democratic presidents (1948 to 2005):
– Average annual real pre- and post-tax income growth *always* increased more for every income class, especially the bottom 20%, but true for the top 20% as well
– Total unemployment was lower
– Real per capita GNP growth was higher
(data sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Bureau of Economic Analysis; and Census Bureau)
For Jobs. Since 1925
Growth of jobs exceeds population growth under:
– Every Democratic president except during Roosevelt’s 2nd term.
Growth of jobs lags population growth under:
– Every Republican president except during Bush I’s 2nd term.
(data source: Bureau of Labor Statistics)
@C1…yeah some asshat is using my name. Some people are so childish…anyway am glad you can discern between me and that piece of shit….lol
racism, hate speech, religious bigotry, slander – the republicans have got it going on. Not the signs of a healthy liberal democracy.
Oh well, they’ve got to have someone to blame since they refuse to ever accept responsibility for anything they’ve done that’s gone wrong. It’s always because of something someone else did.
They gave me bad information. They told me it was the truth. I was told it was solid proof. It’s not my fault.
Sort of like that person in the office that always lays the blame on everyone else to cover up for what a pathetic loser they are.
Come on Repubs. stand up and take it like a man and accept the blame for the total mess that the Bush War in Iraq is. I bet you can’t do it.
Someday it will be over. But it’s a bit hard to call it a victory or an accomplishment when you put out the fire on the house that YOU set fire to.
John Kennedy for God in 2011
Part of me hopes you do get Barrack Hussein Obama for president. That part hopes for this because he is guaranteed to destroy your country – culturally, socially, economically, politically and materially.
But part of me hopes this doesn’t happen, because you Americans have already suffered so much cultural rot for the last 80 years. Message from the rest of the world – you need to get back to the principles that made us respect you, and that just about excludes everything your current Democratic candidates stand for (not the same as all Democrats, just these two).
People that vote only on small social issues, especially gay marriage/abortion/gun control, are such suckers. It almost makes me depressed to think about how much our country is driven by ignorant emotions rather than cognitive and clear thought. Our current generation of republicans, besides Ron Paul, are not even republicans. They want more control and oversight over the average citizen than ever. That is the definition of big brother, and 5% lower taxes won’t fool me.
The things that really matter are forgotten: Fiscal responsibility, a more internationally competitive education program, government transparency, a measured reduction in government corruption and a reduction in executive authority.
But this will fall on many deaf ears because people, myself included, are pretty stubborn and self righteous.
The future doesn’t look so bright- but I have hope…
There are no more statesmen.
McCain? Not hardly.
But if Obama and Hillary are all the Democrats can come up with, the U.S. is doomed.
The only reason that Apple tech’s support these “politicians” is because they have their heads in computer code all day and have no idea what’s really going on in the world. Just because these folks are smart one way, doesn’t mean they are smart in other ways… in fact it now appears quite the opposite.
People that vote only on small social issues, especially gay marriage/abortion/gun control, are such suckers.
The things that really matter are forgotten: Fiscal responsibility, a more internationally competitive education program, government transparency, a measured reduction in government corruption and a reduction in executive authority.
I agree with the second part of what you posted, but those issues you labeled as “small social issues” are important culturally and impact society in ways most people don’t seem to understand.
“Gay marriage” is like saying you want “dry water”; water is wet and marriage is between a man and a woman.
Abortion speaks to the lack of respect for life and the lack of personal responsibility for one’s own actions. It’s just too convenient to disregard that life rather than to think about whether or not you should be doing what made that life in the first place.
Gun control is serious because people cannot truly be free if they can’t defend themselves from their own government. Read some of the writing of the Founding Fathers; defense against one’s own government was a major reason for the Second Amendment.
Right on, TexasAg03. Those three “small social issues” are at the very core of our belief system.
Come on folks, you want to fight for the life of a known criminal on death row preparing to receive the social justice he deserves, but you say it’s ok to kill an unborn child? What the hell is wrong with you?? Wish your folks made that call? What makes you so special to have gotten to live?
Think Saddam didn’t have WMDs just because they didn’t find them 6 months after they told him to get rid of them? Think he wouldn’t have gutted you if he had the chance? He’d hand you your bleeding heart in a dish, ChrissyOne. Don’t believe me? Check out a copy of John Glover’s book, Humanity. Read carefully the part how he returned a wrongfully imprisoned man to his desperate, begging mother holding his own eyeballs, then had his men shoot him to death when he got close enough for her to see the situation. And you wanted to read him his rights, huh? You just wanted to give him the opportunity to prove us “ignorant redneck Christian racist conservatives” wrong, didn’t you? You’re a fool, even if you’re intelligent. You need to sit down and think about what is really important in your life, and why you’re free to live the way you do. Now how bad are you willing to fight to protect it? Willing to kill for it? Or do you think you can reason with an enemy like Saddam?
Hello out there — we need to wake up. Our country, nay, our freedom is at stake. We have the lowest morals ever known in the history of our nation. There is corruption in every organization: be it government, religious, business, education…so don’t think that just because some loud-mouthed idiot politician says something and a few thousand screaming followers agree that that’s the way the rest of this country feels. I don’t think the ‘change’ Obama is referring to is the change you want.
Less government control, less telling me how to live my life, the better. Man, they’ve even forced the restaurants in New York to comply with this trans-fat free nonsense. You can’t escape trans fats, all you can do is minimize your intake. Not saying it’s not a good idea, but to make it a law? Sheesh, that just sets the stage for them to bind you legally to a clothing scheme. Girls, what do you think? Your shorts are too short, why don’t you try on this nice luxurious burka? In fact, put it on or you’re breaking the law. Penalty for breaking the law in the new United Saudi States? Death!
Vote Obama, watch it happen. Change…but is it the kind we really want?
I can’t even stand conspiracy theorists, but maybe they’re on to something…
People who are actually PAYING to help get these clowns into office are complete idiots. Iwouldn’t trust any of the three current clowndidates to run a lemonade stand, much less a superpower.
Then again, whatever. Looking where the last 100 years got us, they couldn’t do any worse (or, at this point, probably make any difference).
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