Political donations in Silicon Valley go 90 to 99% to one party.

Judged as of January 2025. True: analyses of FEC or OpenSecrets data on political donations from Silicon Valley or Bay Area tech employees or companies show 90–99% going to one party (Democrats) in recent election cycles. Mostly true: the share is just below 90% (about 85–89%) in some cycles or measures, or within the range for employee donations but not for all donors. Mixed: the share is clearly lopsided but well below 90% (about 75–85%), or the range holds in some cycles or measures and not others. Mostly false: there is a partisan lean, but it is much smaller than stated. False: donations are not predominantly to one side.

Set before the research began.

1. E1 Most liberal tech companies, ranked by employee donations - CNBC CNBC · 2 July 2020

   “Among the 17 U.S. tech companies valued at $100 billion or more, employees at Netflix are the most liberal based on fundraising data, with 98% of their donations going to Democrats, according to the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets website. Qualcomm is the most conservative, with a 50-50 split that very narrowly favors Republicans.”

2. E2 Why Big Tech turned right Vox · 31 January 2025

   “But 83 percent of Amazon employees’ donations to federal candidates went to Democrats in 2024; for Meta, that figure was 91.5 percent; for Apple, it was 95 percent.”

3. E3 Why Big Tech turned right Vox · 31 January 2025

   “In truth, Silicon Valley’s rightward shift — while real — has been remarkably modest, whether measured in votes or donations.”

4. E4 Why Big Tech turned right Vox · 31 January 2025

   “If we deem Musk a special case and put him to the side, then Democrats retained their advantage with large tech donors in 2024: Combined, all other tech megadonors spent $30.6 million on Trump, and $120.9 million on Harris, according to an analysis from The Guardian.”

The evidence supports the claim for some measures and not for others. For 2024, Vox reports that employee donations to Democrats were 95% at Apple and 91.5% at Meta, which falls in the claimed 90–99% range, but 83% at Amazon (E2). The 2020 OpenSecrets figures quoted by CNBC show 98% at Netflix but a 50-50 split at Qualcomm (E1). Among large tech megadonors in 2024, excluding Musk, about 80% of spending went to Harris ($120.9M vs $30.6M), and Vox calls the Valley's rightward shift "remarkably modest" (E3, E4). So donations are clearly lopsided toward Democrats, but the 90–99% range is reached only in some cycles and measures, which the criteria define as mixed.