The U.S. presidential election of 2024 is of great interest in Silicon Valley.
In the 2020 cycle, tech companies and their bosses were busy doing everything to avoid a proliferation of misinformation like the one of 2016.
The new campaign promises to be different. Tech luminaries want to play an important role this time around. They want to be proactive. They simply want to crown the winner.
In November, well before the race for the nominations started, Elon Musk, the most powerful of CEOs, had made known that he would support the Republican governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, for the presidency. DeSantis is seen as the biggest threat to former President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination.
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Trump is currently the frontrunner in all polls, holding a lead of at least 30 points over DeSantis, who relied on Musk to announce his presidential bid. On May 24, the billionaire interviewed the presidential hopeful on Twitter, introducing him to his 142 million followers.
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