The largest mutual funds’ support for the Center for Political Accountability’s corporate political disclosure resolution continued to steadily rise in 2019, to 56.0 percent from 52.7 percent in 2018 according to analysis based on the Morningstar Fund Votes Database. This increased support continues to build on the strong momentum of the 8.2 percentage point increase…
Please download the zip file below to access Center for Political Accountability’s research on contributions to and spending by 527 political committees over the past decade, which forms the basis for CPA’s forthcoming Conflicted Consequences report. CPA’s research focused on six state-focused political committees, several of which reshaped state and national politics and policy. The…
The largest mutual funds’ support for the Center for Political Accountability’s corporate political disclosure resolution jumped significantly in 2018, to 53 percent from 45 percent in 2017, according to an analysis by Fund Votes. This eight percentage point increase was the largest since CPA began tracking institutional investor votes on its resolution in 2008.
This report takes an in depth look at the consequences of political spending by the largest US public companies over the past decade. It examines how companies’ corporate political spending often conflicts with their publicly stated values and the challenges this creates in today’s hyper-polarized environment. Collision Course Report…
Big corporations have deep pockets and face few checks and balances, which means they have great influence. But, when a company’s political spending doesn’t align with its policies and values, there are bound to be consequences. Here’s an example: In 2016, North Carolina’s enactment of a controversial transgender bathroom law, HB2, brought high-profile news coverage…
Support by mutual funds for the Center for Political Accountability’s corporate political disclosure resolution jumped significantly in 2017, to 48 percent from 43 percent in 2016, according to an analysis by Fund Votes. The analysis also found that abstentions decreased from five percent to three percent, indicating a shift toward more active support for political…
Three of the four mutual fund groups that received top rankings for political spending disclosure and accountability in a recent benchmarking study have largely aligned their proxy votes with their policies, supporting at least half of the Center for Political Accountability’s model political disclosure resolutions in this year’s proxy season.
Mutual funds support for corporate political spending disclosure resolutions held firm in the 2015 proxy season, according to the Center for Political Accountability’s latest survey of mutual fund voting records. This year, funds voted for disclosure 42 percent of the time on average, slightly above the 40 percent vote last year.
The 2016 U.S. election cycle is on track to break political spending records — and corporate contributions will be a large part of that. More than ever, it is the directors’ responsibility to determine when and how their company should engage in political activities. But do board members actually know how to provide proper oversight…