Tech workers are opening their wallets to beat Trump even with stock prices soaring and profits near records

Tech workers are opening their wallets to beat Trump even with stock prices soaring and profits near records

US President Donald Trump (r) and Apple CEO Tim Cook speak to the press during a tour of the Flextronics computer manufacturing facility where Apple's Mac Pros are assembled in Austin, Texas, on November 20, 2019.

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Their stock prices are near record levels. So are their profits. Their founders are among the wealthiest people on the planet.

But while the world's most valuable tech companies have expanded their dominance in the 3 1/2 years of Donald Trump's presidency, with an assist from corporate tax breaks, employees at those same companies are more adamant than ever about unseating him.  

"A lot of people have been making a lot of money in Silicon Valley while watching the world fall apart," said Misha Chellam, a former start-up founder who last year started the non-partisan Council on Technology and Society to engage tech executives on political issues. "They've seen their fortunes rise and seen much of the rest of the country's fortunes fall."

For decades, the tech industry has leaned left, particularly in the hotbeds of Silicon Valley and Seattle. Heading into this November's contest, the partisan disparity has never been so lopsided.

Employees at the big five tech companies “” Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet