As a businessperson, I never gave to politicians, but that was because I worked for them (the name - pollster - is a clue to my work). I did have to decide whether to work for liberals. Initially, I worked for the people who hired me, and I charged a premium price and then delivered premium quality answers. I moved to charging liberals 2-3 times what I charged conservatives and still getting their business. Finally, I stopped working for them regardless of price.
In business, you have a lot of obligations, including looking after the interests of investors (I didn't have any) and employees (I had a couple dozen). It would have been tough to fire someone because I wasn't willing to take liberal money. Considering how many employees Trump has, I find it difficult to blame him for participating in business the way it's done in New York under the rules he followed to make things work.
Thanks for your thoughtful post, but I could never donate to anti-2ndA, anti-life, anti-liberty candidates like Andrew Cuomo, Schumer, et al.
Furthermore, as I mentioned, Donald gave MORE to Dems. Here’s more on that:
“..”While it has been an open secret for several years that Donald Trump was once a heavy Democratic donor, a deeper analysis of campaign records shows that the real estate billionaire’s contributions skewed even further left during the 2006 mid-term election, the crucial contest that put Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi in power and arguably helped pave the way for Barack Obama’s political agenda. (snip)
Overall in the 2006 election cycle, Trump and his son, Donald Trump Jr., donated $77,200 to Democrats versus only $24,250 on Republicans. Looking back to the 2004 cycle, the pair donated $40,500 to Democrats and only $17,250 to the GOP.(snip)”