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"people of far greater means" drastically supported Clinton over Trump and look what happened. Money does not equal political power. This really isn't the tech industry's fault.

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Actually, across the country, Trump handily won voters who made more than $50k/year.

What was the breakdown of households making over $250K/year?

(I don't actually know and a few minutes spent googling didn't turn up anything conclusive/satisfying.)

Trump won by 2% in that category. Lots of info here: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/politics/el...

Thanks for that link! Some fascinating (and frustrating) data there.

Forgive my saying, but I don't think it's that frustrating. I really do expect rich people to vote for a ham sandwich if that ham sandwich runs as a Republican. Unless they're unusually far-sighted rich people who really care about ecological and sociological stability for maintaining their wealth, a lot of those tax plans must just sound too damned appetizing to pass up.

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