The 2015 annual meeting season was a whirlwind, driven by surprise voting outcomes and regulatory flip-flops on proxy access. But 2016 could well be tougher, because presidential politics promises to turbocharge the corporate governance debate.

The 2015 annual meeting season was a whirlwind, driven by surprise voting outcomes and regulatory flip-flops on proxy access. But 2016 could well be tougher, because presidential politics promises to turbocharge the corporate governance debate.