Since 2016, former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been funding a nonprofit site that publicizes government data in hopes of rooting political discussions in fact. 'This notion that we need an informed electorate, I stand by that.'
Ballmer said he is glad to see that 500,000 people have visited the site's interactive midterms map, even if it's not the millions that will go to the polls next week. "It’s heartening to me," he said.
Unlike other tech billionaires, Ballmer has chosen to largely avoid partisan issues. He has backed a few candidates he knows personally, such as Rep. Suzan DelBene , a former Microsoft executive.: Ballmer admits to being "profoundly sad" that trust in U.S. elections has reached such a nadir. "That people have fundamental questions about our elections process, I think that’s sad," he said.
Ballmer said there is some margin of error, but he doesn't believe it is enough to swing an election and worries about the recent trend of voters not accepting results in which their preferred candidate loses. "I would find that a bit of a tragedy for people to not accept numbers," he said.
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