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> How many people felt free to discuss their support for Trump

This has nothing to do with the company, but rather with the individuals working for it. How many people, do you think, felt free to discuss their support for a Democratic candidate in the Alabama?

> People should feel free to exercise their voting privilege.

And they did! Heck, Google encouraged everyone to vote, not just Democrats. Maybe your anger should be directed to the companies and governments that did their utmost to stop their own citizens from voting. North Carolina is a good place to start, move South from there.

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Just for kicks, I'd like to see if you _jokingly_ for the LULz walked into MTV or SVL with a Trump hat.

I'm sure you could imagine walking in with a Hillary/Pussy Hat no problem whatsoever. But you would not walk with a Trump hat even as a joke. Ok, maybe in Moncks Corner or some boonie office.

I'd like to see you jokingly, for the LULz walk into a biker bar in Iowa or Missouri wearing a Hillary hat.

Holy shit, really, Google is as bad a a biker bar for republicans? That's pretty damning. I mean, I wasn't asking to walk into a la Raza meeting. I meant a vanilla google office at MTV.

And obviously you are being hyperbolic for effect. Nobody would beat the shit out of you at a Google office, at worst you might get some stares and people might comment about you with their friends over lunch. Also, assuming that you'd get beaten up at a La Raza meeting betrays your racism.

Please stop trying to bring the "librul intolerance" right-wing talking point. It's pretty pathetic to paint yourself as a victim, even when you have everything in your favor.

San Diego and LA appears to be the place to vote... (where voters exceed eligible pop) but Alabama has historically been democratic and I am pretty sure people in AL felt more at ease to openly have Hillary campaign signs than a Trump sympathizer would feel at company like Google which likes to keep things googley.

Alabama has been Republican since the Civil Rights Act was passed. http://www.270towin.com/states/Alabama

On to voter fraud!

    But those numbers likely don't indicate
    anything nefarious like widespread voter
    fraud. It's actually pretty common for
    voter rolls to be a mess. In fact,
    Judicial Watch threatened to sue 11 other
    states in April for the same reason.

    A 2012 Pew Research study found around
    2.75 million people were registered to
    vote in multiple states and more than
    1.8 million deceased people were still
    registered to vote.

    Oftentimes, people don't realize they
    need to notify local voting officials
    when they move or when a loved one dies.

    But outside of a few isolated incidences,
    those extra numbers don't generally lead
    to voter fraud.

http://www.abc2news.com/newsy/11-california-counties-might-h...

Q: How big a problem was voter fraud in the 2016 election?

A: There have been just four documented cases of voter fraud in the 2016 election https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/01/0-...

AL voted 30%+ for Hillary. I doubt you had 30% Googlers feel comfortable declaring affiliation with Trump or Republicans in general.

Carter won in '76 and it's been within +-10% R/D till 2000. So not that lopsided as you might suppose.

The Bay Area voted overwhelmingly Democrat in the last election. Your doubts about having 30%+ Googlers declaring affiliation with Trump is right: there's no way it could've happened. Just not for the nefarious reasons you want to suggest though.

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