Twelve days out, every PAC director in America is getting the same question from the corner office: Are we going to win? It's the wrong question.
With no guest this week, Micaela Isler, David Schild and Adam Belmar unplug to talk about what a win looks like for a business PAC, whoever wins on November 3. It isn't control of Congress. It's relationships with whoever holds the gavel, how many employees gave, and donors who stayed through a rough cycle. Business PACs back both sides: in 2024, the top 20 gave about 55 percent to Republicans and 45 percent to Democrats. David makes the case for criteria-driven giving you can defend to your PAC board, win or lose. They also take on debt retirement after the election, how to build a relationship with the nearly 260 candidates who have sworn off corporate PAC money, and how to plan election night, from an AI dashboard to the day-after note for your leadership.
