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Uncanny Valley
June 11, 2024 1417 replies
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Q1. Last Thursday, Silicon Valley venture capitalists David Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya co-hosted a fundraiser for former President Trump. Tickets cost between $50k and $500k per person.

It was one of what is expected to be several Silicon Valley fundraisers for Trump. In April, Sacks and Elon Musk co-hosted an "anti-Joe Biden" fundraiser, attended by founders of several large tech companies including PayPal and Uber. Sacks said "After Biden’s disastrous presidency, Trump has a lot of supporters in Silicon Valley; many are just afraid to admit it. But with each act of courage, like this one, the dam begins to break."

Do you think Trump will get more support from Silicon Valley than he did in previous elections, and if that were to be the case, what would be the impact?
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Group A

Tech supports Trump more now than in past

61%
64%
59%
86%
64%
41%
51%
65%
64%
59%

Not more

24%
23%
24%
7%
22%
38%
34%
20%
22%
26%

Don't know

14%
12%
16%
8%
14%
19%
15%
13%
13%
15%
Group B

Would meaningfully help Trump

62%
68%
56%
90%
57%
40%
71%
56%
65%
56%

Hurt

3%
3%
4%
1%
3%
5%
0%
1%
4%
6%

No impact

22%
21%
23%
5%
27%
35%
27%
26%
18%
24%

Don't know

11%
7%
15%
3%
11%
17%
3%
14%
10%
12%

Don't care

2%
1%
2%
1%
1%
4%
0%
2%
4%
2%
Q2. If Trump does have more support from Silicon Valley now than in the past, what do you think is the main reason?
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+

Tech execs think Biden bad for country

22%
24%
19%
45%
17%
4%
9%
20%
27%
22%

Think Biden bad for tech industry

15%
17%
13%
27%
15%
5%
3%
21%
15%
16%

Think Biden bad on taxes

22%
25%
18%
10%
22%
32%
34%
20%
21%
21%

Biden older now

2%
2%
2%
2%
2%
2%
5%
0%
3%
1%

They always liked Trump, but were afraid to say

9%
5%
12%
6%
10%
10%
13%
10%
7%
6%

They think Trump will win, currying favor

16%
16%
16%
8%
20%
22%
25%
12%
14%
18%

Other

3%
2%
3%
0%
3%
6%
1%
7%
2%
2%

No chance Trump has more tech support now

7%
5%
9%
1%
4%
13%
9%
6%
6%
9%

Don't know

3%
2%
5%
1%
5%
4%
2%
3%
3%
5%

Don't care

1%
1%
2%
0%
1%
2%
0%
0%
2%
1%
Q3. As referenced in Question 1, venture capitalist David Sacks said Trump has many more supporters in Silicon Valley than admit it.

In which industries or groups do you think Trump has many more supporters than admit it? (check all that apply)
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+

Silicon Valley, true

70%
73%
69%
93%
70%
52%
64%
75%
73%
65%

Not true

19%
18%
20%
3%
18%
32%
28%
17%
15%
21%

Hollywood, true

32%
39%
25%
54%
35%
13%
40%
37%
28%
26%

Not true

51%
49%
55%
33%
48%
67%
56%
50%
49%
53%

Wall Street, true

76%
78%
74%
92%
75%
63%
74%
79%
79%
67%

Not true

14%
13%
16%
2%
14%
24%
20%
10%
12%
19%

Academia, true

23%
27%
19%
41%
17%
9%
26%
34%
21%
11%

Not true

59%
59%
60%
44%
61%
71%
69%
56%
54%
63%

Poll takers, true

37%
39%
36%
48%
30%
30%
39%
41%
39%
28%

Not true

39%
41%
36%
28%
42%
46%
52%
41%
31%
41%

Don't know

6%
4%
7%
2%
10%
8%
3%
3%
6%
10%

Don't care

2%
3%
1%
1%
1%
4%
0%
5%
2%
1%

How panelists viewed Silicon Valley in 2016:

GOP: 9% very favorably, 27% favorably, 43% neutral, 12% unfavorably, 2% very unfavorably

Inde: 13% very favorably, 32% favorably, 36% neutral, 7% unfavorably, 1% very unfavorably

Dem: 14% very favorably, 47% favorably, 22% neutral, 1% unfavorably, 1% very unfavorably

 

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