Silicon Valley CEOs Appear to Have Chosen Their 2020 Candidate

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The technology industry is looking for something different in a president in 2020. And it appears Pete Buttigieg is their candidate. While Joe Biden and Senator Elizabeth Warren are topping national polls in the contest for the Democratic Party’s nomination, California’s deep-pocketed Silicon Valley is donating to the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana over the former vice president by a 5-to-1 margin.

“Pete is a clean slate for the party in ways Biden can’t be,” said Cyrus Radfar, a 35-year-old technology entrepreneur and Democratic donor. “There’s new life and new energy that Pete brings, especially as the base of the Democratic Party is getting younger. I think he’s going to be on the national stage for a long time.”

Buttigieg has staged a fundraising blitz in posh Northern California communities, holding events hosted by technology executives such as Netflix Inc. Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings, Nest Labs home-automation company co-founder Matt Rogers, and Chelsea Kohler, director of product communications at Uber Technologies Inc., among others.

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Buttigieg is positioning himself as a younger alternative to 76-year-old Biden. Like Biden, he has not embraced the progressive wing’s Medicare for All, instead proposing government-run health care “to those who want it,” without eliminating private insurance.

https://news.yahoo.com/buttigieg-beating-biden-battle-silicon-080000022.html

[Mr.Bill]

1. A few CEOs do not speak for the entirety of Silicon Valley.

I'm glad to see Pete get support from them, but Silicon Valley is a large entity and support exists there for all candidates, even for Trump.

[Peacetrain]

2. There are a bunch of supporters of the other 70 something candidates who may disagree :)

Buttigieg just does not have the seasoning to be President.. he just doesn't.. He would be a great VP for anyone who has had more international experience.. and give him 4 years as veep and he could be legendary as a President and in a good way..

[dalton99a]

3. He is the most corporate-friendly candidate among the bunch.

And the mayor is fluent in their language McKinsey corporatese

[LanternWaste]

4. Hence, his strong polling position.

[TidalWave46]

5. "While Joe Biden and Senator Elizabeth Warren are topping national polls"

Someones name is slowly being removed.

[Celerity]

6. that same someone was just left entirely out of a major poll of FL by an A- rated pollster