WASHINGTON – Employees at major technology companies were an important source of contributions to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, showcasing the recently launched campaign financial records, eclipsing employee donations from traditional Democratic fund-raising sources such as banks and offices advocacy.
Employees of Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc. and Microsoft Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc. and Facebook Inc. were the top five sources of money for Biden’s campaign and joint fundraising committees among those who identify corporate employers, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of campaign finance reports.
Biden’s presidential campaign received at least $ 15.1 million in employees from these five technology companies, the records show. The companies declined to comment.
Previous Democratic presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, also received large contributions from employees of technology companies, but their main sources of employee donations went beyond the technology sector.
Mrs. Clinton’s largest sources of funds from those who identified corporate employers in 2016 included employees of the personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan and JPMorgan Chase & Co., along with Google, Microsoft and Apple, according to electoral records compiled by nonpartisan Center for Responsive Policy.