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Who do Big Tech people fund?

Tesla looks like the only Big Tech company that gave 100% to Republicans in 2024. It was one man's money.

Numbers as of 12 Oct 2026

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Who do Big Tech people fund? Seven bars, blue for Democrats and red for Republicans: Apple 4% Republican, Nvidia 8%, Google 14%, Meta 18%, Amazon 23%, Microsoft 36%, and Tesla 100%, a glowing red bar labelled Elon Musk's own $75M+. Tesla's bar is one man's money; its workers leaned to Harris.Apple, 1 of 7, the most Democrat overall. And no PAC at all. A PAC is a fund a company runs to give money to politicians; Apple has none on file with the FEC and says it gives to no candidate or party.Nvidia, 2 of 7. Mostly Democrat overall, and no PAC until 2026: Nvidia had no company PAC in 2024 and started one in August 2026.Google, 3 of 7. Overall: mostly Democrat. Its own PAC: half Republican, 52% of its candidate money to Republicans, to 236 candidates from both parties. FEC data to 15 October 2024, the same cut-off as card 1.Meta, 4 of 7. Overall: mostly Democrat. Its own PAC leaned Republican: 61% of its candidate money, about 6 of every 10 dollars, to 83 candidates from both parties. FEC data to 15 October 2024.Amazon, 5 of 7. Overall: mostly Democrat. Its own PAC: half and half, 50% to Republicans, just $2,000 more to Democrats, 232 candidates. FEC data to 15 October 2024.Microsoft, 6 of 7. Overall: still mostly Democrat. Its own PAC leaned Republican: 59% of its candidate money, to 181 candidates. FEC data to 15 October 2024.Tesla, 7 of 7. No company PAC. Its staff gave more to Harris: $42.8K to Harris versus $24.8K to Trump, to mid-September 2024, including family members. Its all-red bar is Elon Musk's own money.The twist, all to 15 October 2024. Four company PACs gave $2.3 million to candidates; Musk alone gave $75 million or more to his own super PAC, America PAC. Rows: Amazon PAC $768K, Google PAC $670K, Microsoft PAC $659K, Meta PAC $192K, Musk $75M+, over 30 times the four PACs together.Whose money is the company? Choices: the workers, the CEO, the PAC, or other. Staff lean Democrat, PACs split, Musk gave $75M+. Add a comment. Follow Green Owl if you want more.

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Did you think the company wrote that check?

Companies cannot give money straight to a candidate. The bars count donations tied to each company, mostly from its own people.

At Apple, Nvidia, Google, Meta, Amazon and Microsoft, most of that money went to Democrats.

Tesla's bar is all Republican because of Elon Musk's own donations: over $75 million by mid-October 2024.

His total for the whole 2024 election ended far higher: at least $277 million, by the Washington Post's count.

Tesla workers leaned the other way: by September 2024 they had given more to Harris's campaign than to Trump's (Reuters).

The caveat: the seven splits are one research firm's count of public election filings (Sparkline Capital), stopped on 15 October 2024. A different counting method gives different numbers.

Why it matters: a chart that says "the company" can be showing one person.

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