Interesting study topic, which I would love to hear more about. I couldn't find the full report on this site, though -- so I can't really tell all that much from that story, which doesn't provide independent perspectives, or links to factual evidence.

This article is not really journalism -- rather, it is a "teaser" for the report referenced and a poor teaser at that. Setting aside questions concerning measurement of CSR, assuming that the voting record of a region correlates with the political alignment of the management of companies headquartered there seems like quite a leap. Perhaps the report itself handles this and other questions better than the "teaser" implies. (Personal observation: It might not be such a leap to simply assume that management's view as to whether social responsibility is a legitimate business concern correlates with management's political ideology -- which may more loosely correlate with political party affiliation.)

This article is pretty meaningless. Presumably the democratic politicians tend to pressure the companies to raise their "CSR" score. This is a defensive measure to keep the politicians off their back. Or, perhaps democrats are just more noble than republicans. I guess that's their main idea. Not suprising coming from Science.

This short opinion piece has no journalistic merit. Its major concept ("corporate Social Responsibility") is undefined, so there is nothing reported on. For all we know, Democratic Party operatives could have defined it to ensure that they look better in the "study".