Why did Big Business so strongly support the left in the Presidential election?

[RINO Tom]

because everyone with the slightest bit of knowledge about economics knows that trump would be a disaster. not a difficult question.

and the breitbart article (unsurprisingly) is way off base. pinkwashing is not synonymous with leftism (and is in fact widely derided in leftist circles)

Big business has had a growing affinity for left wing advocacy long before Trump became a candidate.

As for 'Pinkwash' big business has been routinely backing left wing 'social justice' ideology in all kinds of areas, including those areas like immigration where the right wing view is clearly far more popular than the left wing view. I don't think, therefore, it can be put down to a desire for good PR, its much more deep seated than that.

Younger, newer execs are not social conservatives.

Hillary Clinton was an economic moderate and a social liberal.

If we say it over and over again, it'll become true!

[RINO Tom]

because everyone with the slightest bit of knowledge about economics knows that trump would be a disaster. not a difficult question.

and the breitbart article (unsurprisingly) is way off base. pinkwashing is not synonymous with leftism (and is in fact widely derided in leftist circles)

Big business has had a growing affinity for left wing advocacy long before Trump became a candidate.

As for 'Pinkwash' big business has been routinely backing left wing 'social justice' ideology in all kinds of areas, including those areas like immigration where the right wing view is clearly far more popular than the left wing view. I don't think, therefore, it can be put down to a desire for good PR, its much more deep seated than that.

Younger, newer execs are not social conservatives.

Hillary Clinton was an economic moderate and a social liberal.

If we say it over and over again, it'll become true!

The facts show that, especially on economic issues, the two parties are effectively one party masquerading as two. The real difference is rather small, despite the stark rhetorical contrast.

Of course, that doesn't change the fact that Hillary went far-left during the campaign because of Bernie.

JMO, but there is no non-conjecture way of judging candidates other than either what they campaign on or what you feel pretty confident they'll be beholden to (i.e., what their party's legislature will push), and both are not moderate.

[RINO Tom]

Big donors are more willing to donate to who they think will win, which was Clinton.

This, too.  Obama got way more than McCain did in 2008, IIRC, and he ran a fairly anti-Wall Street campaign (more or less rebuked the Bush years, saying he would end the overly-pro-business nonsense that got us into the Great Recession).  I think "big business" shows its true colors when there isn't a clear frontrunner (e.g., donating MUCH more to Romney than Obama in 2012).