Forbes publisher Rich Karlgaard published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal today analyzing Silicon Valley politics, a subject near and dear to my heart since I grew up in Mountain View, which is right in the heart of the Silicon Valley and home to Google, Netscape, etc.
Karlgaard makes one very strange claim -- here's item #2 on his list of differences between the Silicon Valley and San Francisco:
2. San Francisco loves Barbara Boxer and laughs at Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Valley likes Arnold and loathes Barbara.
But if you read the California senatorial election results for 2004 (PDF), you'll find that Santa Clara County, which encompasses most of Silicon Valley, voted 66%-30% for Boxer over her Republican opponent, compared with 83%-13% in San Francisco County. Saying the Valley "loathes" Boxer is ridiculous. (Note: Schwarzanegger recieved 39% of the vote in Santa Clara County, compared with 40% for Cruz Bustamante.)
I think he meant Feinstein, not Boxer. At least, i know i'm not real fond of Feinstein.
Posted by: rone | March 31, 2005 at 02:08 PM