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Vanguard vs Dimensional: how alike they voted, 2023-2024

93.3% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 93.3% of 122,822 items (114,537 the same, 8,285 different). 1,305 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 124,127 items in all.

Vanguard 2023-2024 · Dimensional 2023-2024 · Download the item list (CSV)

By who put the item on the ballot. “Same position” = Same / (Same + Differ); split items are not in it. “Fund-level” is a second view over all common items: the chance that a fund of each manager, picked at random, voted the same way, which gives partial credit where a manager split.
	Common items	Same	Differ	Split (not in %)	Same position	Fund-level
All ballot items	124,127	114,537	8,285	1,305	93.3%	92.8%
Board proposals	92,812	84,362	7,511	939	91.8%	91.3%
E&S shareholder proposals	392	221	1	170	99.5%	93.0%
Other items	30,923	29,954	773	196	97.5%	97.3%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

All ballot items Board proposals E&S shareholder proposals Other items

1 items. “Voted differently”: each manager’s funds all voted one way, and the two ways differ. “Split”: at least one manager’s funds did not all vote the same way.

Company	Meeting	Proposal	On the ballot from	Board recommended	Vanguard	Dimensional
NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP.	May 9, 2024	A Shareholder proposal regarding an annual report on lobbying activities, policies and communications. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Contested	FOR 2 funds	AGAINST 14 funds

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How items are matched and positions counted: see the comparison table and the methodology. Built October 13, 2026 from SEC Form N-PX filings.