hewlett packard enterprise ceo meg whitman announce last week vote party presidential nominee donald trump pledge raise money democratic candidate hillary clinton urge like-minded republicans follow suit talk fellow tech industry conservatives spurn trump already campaign pull less percent republican nominee mitt romney raise tech donors point 2012 race raise money clinton may prove difficult democrat raise 25 time trump tech donors far draw less half president barack obama raise tech employees point four years ago less bernie sanders opponent democratic primary collect leave race tech industry employees long reliable source presidential donations especially democrats refuse open wallets trump stingy usual clinton accord analysis perform reuters crowdpac nonpartisan political crowdfunding startup analyze campaign contribution data trump clinton together report receive 3.5 million tech workers june 30 compare 11 million donate president barack obama republican rival mitt romney june 2012 accord crowdpac analysis 2008 8.3 million tech donations go obama mccain june 30. graphic track contributions tech workers last three elections see tmsnrt.rs/2b3neuk trump campaign respond request comment story clinton campaign ask methodology crowdpac analysis comment find quantify tech industry political give crowdpac tally contributions 200 federal election commission report threshold donors list technology company employers well individuals work relate roles software engineer venture capitalists contributions campaign super pacs joint fundraise committees include analysis may miss people work small technology company yet recognize crowdpac well individuals give less 200 technology firm lobby government range issue privacy encryption immigration trade strong interest sit oval office year campaign finance record interview two dozen people industry suggest many would-be donors silicon valley remain unwashed either candidate matt mcilwain manage director madrona venture group give money romney 2011 republican marco rubio year presidential primary election support either trump clinton general election candidates need embrace innovation articulate road anybody society say inspire either major party candidates democrats consistently draw tech money republicans give unusually lopsided year trump raise mere 128,000 238 tech donors far clinton contrast raise 3.4 million 2,976 individuals industry accord crowdpac analysis point 2012 romney raise 2.3 million obama raise 8.8 million silicon valley republicans say trump paltry donation total surprise give public statements attack tech industry early year trump call boycott apple products company stop cooperate federal law enforcement efforts break password-protected iphone one attacker mass shoot san bernardino trump also accuse amazon ceo jeff bezos orchestrate online retail monopoly trump position limit immigration free trade run counter industry basic interest clinton long track record politics liability donors industry revere innovation incremental technocrat people use take world inspire say gregory ferenstein author age optimists book politics silicon valley sure clinton many friends silicon valley considerably success trump woo deep-pocket donors industry venture capitalist john doerr example contribute 569,500 clinton campaign affiliate super pacs fundraise committees zynga co-founder mark pincus give 358,800 accord crowdpac many valley reason back clinton sure way thwart trump want make clear risk trump presidency much energize get excite candidate box chief executive aaron levie say interview obama big silicon valley backers yet give money race include pandora media chief executive tim westergren donate 74,100 obama fundraise committees affiliate super pacs june 2012 venture capitalist vinod khosla give 35,000 accord crowdpac analysis donations reliable gop donors hold back tiger global management founder charles coleman venture capitalist marc andreessen give 102,500 romney affiliate super pacs fundraise committees june 2012 yet donate june 30. andreessen endorse clinton westergren khosla respond request comment coleman andreessen decline comment carrie sheffield founder multimedia company bold typically vote republicans donate romney say give vote trump think fit office say clinton trump also struggle convert many donors give opponents primary bernie sanders raise far tech donations primary clinton pull 6.2 million leave primary race small contributions republican primary marco rubio draw 5.3 million tech donations thank handful large gift top tech executives include oracle larry ellison mark hurd safra catz josh smith sanders donor plan vote presidential election say trouble clinton comment debate last year urge tech company work law enforcement prevent attack remark leave industry feel clinton would protect livelihoods share beliefs sanctity information say smith founder code corps help developers work public software project social good sanders donor xiaohoa michelle ching say vote clinton trouble support candidate ready path presidency long go go way even threat trump presidency say ching chief executive literator educational technology startup ferenstein predict silicon valley donations clinton pick see much money silicon valley flow clinton toward end race predict people scar president trump trump flop silicon valley donors clinton fall short