| ID | 184292 |
| Title Proper | How the Workplace Affects Employee Political Contributions |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | JAN STUCKATZ ; STUCKATZ, JAN |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | How important is the workplace for employees’ political donations? Contrary to research on workplace political mobilization, existing work assumes that most individual donors contribute ideologically. I link donations of employees and Political Action Committees (PACs) from 12,737 U.S. public companies between 2003 and 2018 to show that 16.7% of employee donations go to employer-PAC-supported candidates. I investigate the dynamics between employee and PAC donations within firm–legislator pairs over time and find that both rank-and-file employees and executives contribute more dollars to company-supported politicians. Firm–employee donation alignment is stronger on powerful and ideologically moderate politicians with high value for the employer. Results from a difference-in-differences design further show modest changes in the partisan composition of employee donations after swift changes in the partisan donations of corporate PACs. The results suggest investment-related rather than ideological motives for alignment and highlight the importance of corporations for money in politics.
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| `In' analytical Note | American Political Science Review Vol. 116, No.1; Feb 2022: p.54 - 69 |
| Journal Source | American Political Science Review 2022-03 116, 1 |
| Key Words | Workplace ; Employee Political Contributions |