It’s not just from the domiciles of the rich and famous where Trump is pulling in Bay Area money. Before his conviction last week, what topped the list of Northern California cities donating to Tru…
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at the Waukesha County Expo Center in Waukesha, Wis. on Thursday where he’s expected to pull in millions more, another Bay Area city quietly topped his list of donations from Northern California.
In the Bay Area’s deep blue bubble, which overwhelmingly voted for Biden in 2020, it can be easy to overlook Trump’s support here. Trump earned 1 in 4 California votes in 2016 when he won the presidency, and 1 in 3 in 2020 when he lost. In San Jose, Trump earned a quarter of the votes in 2020 — 116,00 votes to Biden’s 307,000 — while raising a third of the total money donated to either Biden or him there.
“Trump has a lot of supporters in Silicon Valley. Many are just afraid to admit it,” Sacks wrote. “But with each act of courage, like this one, the dam begins to break.” California has been a cash cow for both Biden and Trump — providing the largest percentage of their fundraising dollars than any other state. Of Biden’s campaign chest, 20 percent comes from California, followed by New York that gave 10% so far, according to data from OpenSecrets. Trump’s campaign also gets most of its donations from California, but by a much smaller margin at 12%, followed closely by Texas with 11% and Florida with 10%.
Other Northern California cities that rounded out Trump’s list of top California cities were Fremont at No. 14, with $70,000 and Sunnyvale at No. 17 with $53,000.
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