http://ideologicalcartography.com/2010/07/12/citizens-united-and-the-myth-of-a-conservative-corporate-america/ Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://ideologicalcartography.com/2010/07/12/citizens-united-and-the-myth-of-a-conservative-corporate-america/#comment-214 Sun, 08 May 2011 16:45:30 +0000 http://ideologicalcartography.com/?p=248#comment-214 There is significant evidence that, though major corporations’ boards may not be heavily biased towards Republicans, the interest groups contributing the most to political ads in the 2010 midterms certainly were, and that this advantage that kept Republicans competitive with incumbent Democrats. See Michael M. Franz’s paper “The Citizens United Election? Or Same As It Ever Was?” published in The Forum.

]]> http://ideologicalcartography.com/2010/07/12/citizens-united-and-the-myth-of-a-conservative-corporate-america/#comment-183 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 23:16:39 +0000 http://ideologicalcartography.com/?p=248#comment-183 Does the estimation take into consideration the ideal point of the politician receiving a donation? For example, I would guess that a board member who gives $2K to Jim DeMint is probably more conservative than one who gives $2K to Olympia Snowe. Did any board members in the sample make a donation to Bernie Sanders?

]]> http://ideologicalcartography.com/2010/07/12/citizens-united-and-the-myth-of-a-conservative-corporate-america/#comment-182 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:52:34 +0000 http://ideologicalcartography.com/?p=248#comment-182 An underlying false assumption here seems to be that corporate boards direct or control corporate political spending. In fact, there is no requirement that corporate political spending even be disclosed to the board of directors, nor to shareholders — that such spending is transparent was one of the false assumptions of Citizens United.

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