Title: PolitiFact | No, AARP isn’t sending money to the Democratic Party
Headings: “A portion of everything you pay A.A.R.P goes directly to the Democratic Party.”
“A portion of everything you pay A.A.R.P goes directly to the Democratic Party.”
No, AARP isn’t sending money to the Democratic Party
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Content: AARP has a policy "against endorsing — or giving the appearance of endorsing — political parties, government officials or candidates for office," Young said. ( The full policy can be found here .) He also said much of AARP’s leadership doesn’t donate to political candidates or campaigns. "Most of our board doesn’t give to candidates or campaigns," Young said. " Our CEO doesn’t give to candidates or campaigns. And most of our executive team does not give. Rank-and-file employees have the right to give, of course, but they don’t direct the organization or its policies." PolitiFact used Federal Election Commission data to confirm that the majority of AARP board members and the majority of AARP executive team members haven’t made recent political campaign contributions. Individual donors associated with AARP have donated primarily to Democratic candidates in most election cycles including 2016, 2018 and 2020, according to an Open Secrets campaign contribution database . But when surveyed, about a third of AARP members report that their political leanings are conservative, a third report their leanings are liberal and a third consider themselves independent or in between, according to Young.