How We Score
- Direct and indirect corporate donations
- Activities and stated policies from these companies
- Documented sponsorships for various political and advocacy-related events
- Corporate leadership donations, activity and advocacy
- Lobbying spent for or against various issues on the federal and state levels
We use this information to score each company on a scale of 1.00 to 5.00 on various issues.
The scale is calculated as follows:
1.00 Liberal
Demonstrates strong or direct monetary and/or advocacy support for liberal values and organizations.
2.00 Lean Liberal
Demonstrates moderate or indirect monetary and/or advocacy support for liberal values and organizations.
3.00 Neutral
Absence of any social/political advocacy or monetary support, or otherwise no information was found.
4.00 Lean Conservative
Demonstrates moderate or indirect monetary and/or advocacy support for conservative values and organizations.
5.00 Conservative
Demonstrates strong or direct monetary and/or advocacy support for conservative values and organizations