New Delhi: As the US presidential election is drawing closer, it is becoming clear who is supporting whom on political grounds. It is common for common citizens to have differences in political ideologies, but this time in America, people from the corporate world are also openly supporting their candidate of choice. Many big companies including IT, banking, oil and companies based on other regional businesses have started supporting their respective candidates.

Voting for the presidential election will be held in America on November 5, 2024. The US presidential election is a contest between Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and Republican Party candidate Donald Trump. While Kamala Harris is representing liberal and leftist ideology, Trump is supporting protectionist and right-wing policy.

Whose side is technology on?

It is now clear who the tech giants are supporting in this election. Employees of big tech companies like Microsoft, Google (Alphabet), Amazon, and Sun Microsystems have contributed millions of dollars to Kamala Harris's election campaign.

The report of political monitoring organization OpenSecrets claims that the election donations given to Kamala Harris by the employees of these companies are much more than those given to Trump.

On the other hand, tech billionaires like Tesla owner Elon Musk, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and PayPal owner Peter Andreas Thiel are supporting Trump. It has not been revealed yet how much financial contribution these two have made to Trump's election campaign, but their statements clearly show their inclination towards Trump.

Trump made Zuckerberg's letter an election weapon

Trump has also used Zuckerberg's letter to the House Judiciary Committee, in which Zuckerberg had claimed that during Covid, the Biden administration had pressured Meta to remove content, but when our team did not do so, the Biden administration harassed the team.

Why are banking and oil companies supporting Trump?

While big technology companies are supporting Kamala Harris, banking and oil companies are supporting Donald Trump. In fact, Trump has promised to ease taxes and rules and regulations. Trump termed the net-zero mission set to tackle climate change as fake and expressed confidence in coal and oil.

This will benefit these companies. That is why banking and oil companies are openly supporting Trump. However, Trump has also faced criticism from many climate activists including Greta Thunberg for this.