It's.. no. Just no.

It's to help deal with getting minority representation in jobs. So usually women, people of color, Asian Americans, etc.

No where does political support be an influential factor.

Besides, what the fuck do you think political support would even do in the vast majority of these positions? In your view: Great. You've got a Democrat Walmart manager, what political influence are they even exerting.

Rather than the idealistic "get minority representation", which might not resonate, think of it differently. It's currently being framed incorrectly as "getting someone not qualified the job because they are [minority]" when really it is "get the talented individuals from the ENTIRE labor pool, not just limiting to what can be found in the white male US born protestant applicants".

For an extreme example, we tried very hard to make our own rockets during the space race. We absolutely did NOT want a German to help. But we were unsuccessful and after several rockets blew up without even coming close, we asked an engineer from Germany who had defected to the US. We ended up winning the space race based very largely on his input. Like, within months of him leading a team. How many other opportunities are lost because we don't want to include [example minority] for our goals?