Silicon Valley Shuns Donald Trump, Opens Its Wallet For Bernie Sanders

Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) speaks during a panel with Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders at Cubberley Community Center on June 1, 2016 in Palo Alto, California. With less than a week to go before the California p

Tech workers, concerned about free trade with China, immigration and education, are keeping a close eye on the 2016 election. As Californians vote in the state's primary today, it appears many tech executives, software designers and engineers will be supporting Bernie Sanders.

The Vermont senator has collected more than twice the tech money raised by his rival, Hillary Clinton, according to Crowdpac. The crowdfunding and campaign finance research firm also found support for Donald Trump almost nonexistent among Silicon Valley.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd reports on how – and why – Sanders has found favor in the tech sector, while co-host Jeremy Hobson speaks with Recode’s Dawn Chmielewski.

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