Political Involvement
Politically, Zuckerberg is a pragmatist. He does not appear to have any particularly strong ideological leanings, and as he has never specified his own political views, there are those who would place him in both the conservative and liberal camps. It is likely, and indeed a shrewd business move, that he supports those politicians and parties best able to represent the commercial interests of Facebook, and the philanthropic interests of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, at the current moment in time.
There is no shame in being a pragmatist.
That is not to say that Zuckerberg doesn't get involved in politics. In February 2013, he hosted his first fundraising event, for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Zuckerberg knew Christie from the time of his $100 million donation to Newark's public schools (see Philanthropy), and later that year he would run a similar fundraiser for Cory Booker. On both of these occasions, Zuckerberg's own interest was pushing for education reform, and he believed that these two men would help him do it.
In April 2013, Zuckerberg also launched a new lobbying group, FWD.us, which had three core aims: immigration reform; improving state education; and enabling more technological breakthroughs of benefit to the general public. FWD.us was backed by a number of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, and its first President was Zuckerberg's friend, Joe Green. The lobbying group is not aligned to a particular political party. It favours the bipartisan approach and though there is some positive evidence of its impact on policy (TechCrunch reported that FWD.us drove 33,500 calls to Congress in the summer of 2013, and a total of 125,000 actions including social media shares), that is less than the founders might have liked. Other criticisms of FWD.us is that it has a poorly defined long-term agenda, and doesn't articulate its vision well.
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In terms of other politically charged issues which he cares about, Zuckerberg has openly supported gay and transgender rights, riding with Facebook's carnival float at the annual San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Celebration in 2013. In the aftermath of the Paris terror attacks in December 2015, he spoke out in support of the Muslim community, explaining that he wanted "to add my voice in support of Muslims in our community and around the world" and reminding others that "as a Jew, my parents taught me that we must stand up against attacks on all communities." Zuckerberg has also voiced his support for the Black Lives Matter campaign, explaining in a memo to staff that "Black Lives Matter doesn't mean other lives don't - it's simply asking that the black community also achieves the justice they deserve." The memo was a response to his discovery that some Facebook employees crossed out Black Lives Matter graffiti, overwriting it with All Lives Matter. He was angry about this fact, on the grounds that the very act of crossing something out "means silencing speech, or that one person's speech is more important than another's."