Controlling What You Can is our new series dedicated to asking YOU what matters most on the major policy topics that face the nation. This post is a recap of a poll we put out on 5/16/2025. If you want to join the conversation, keep an eye on your inbox and check us out on X – we ask a new question every week. Want to join the conversation? Sign up here and follow us on X.
We asked you all to tell us your thoughts on money in politics, and the answer from you was clear as day – insider trading of members of congress is your number one concern regarding people using the office to enrich themselves.
Overwhelmingly, across all platforms, insider trading by politicians topped the list. Politicians with access to information the rest of us lack potentially using that information to “beat the market” is the area where a majority of you would like to see reforms focus.
You all sounded off in the comment sections on X, and a core theme reflected the poll results:
Blind Trusts and the End of Individual Stock Trading for Elected Officials
- The number one suggestion you all made was that we need to outlaw the trading of individual stocks by elected officials. You proposed requiring all elected officials to have their money fully managed in blind trusts while they’re in office to ensure that there’s no way for any insider trading to occur.