GOP has lost another key bloc: Silicon Valley techies

Since President Barack Obama was re-elected last month, Republican strategists have publicly fretted about whether the GOP has lost Latinos, Asian-Americans, women and other key voting blocs of America's future. Add another bloc to the list: young Silicon Valley professionals whose technological skills as campaign volunteers can provide a vital edge in elections.

Silicon Valley helped turn Obama's "Yes We Can" into "Yes We Code" this year. And as the campaigns' veils of secrecy have slowly lifted since the election, it has become clear Republican contender Mitt Romney's campaign was technologically outclassed, culminating in the spectacular Election Day meltdown of its get-out-the-vote program. One huge problem for the Republicans: Not only is Silicon Valley overwhelmingly Democratic, but the values, beliefs and culture of the valley often seem incompatible with some of the current stances of the GOP.