Historically, most highly paid executives voted Republican. No more. In the weeks before the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton outraised Donald Trump 20-to-1 among people on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. A Wall Street Journal analysis found that hedge fund owners and employees donated a total of $27.6 million to the Hillary Clinton campaign and affiliated groups. When the category was expanded to include “similar private investment funds,” the Journal found that seven financial firms alone donated $47.6 million to Hillary. Trump received a total of $19,000, about the price of a used pickup.
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