College Professors For Obama
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, college professors have already donated $7 million to presidential campaigns this year, more than any other industry including the oil and drug industries. After eight years of suffering under the anti-intellectual, war hawk Bush administration, it looks like academia is doing everything in its power to get a Democrat in the White House.
Nearly 60 percent of that money has gone to presidential candidates. The industry’s favorite, Barack Obama, has raked in nearly $1.5 million in the campaign’s first six months, followed by Hillary Clinton with almost $940,000. It hasn’t always been that way. In the 1990s, total money from university personnel hovered around $7 million per election cycle, ranking 34th among industries in 1996, but in 2000 the field’s contributions jumped to $17 million.
In 2004, education’s giving spiked astronomically, to $38 million. In the 2008 election cycle, employees at Harvard and the University of California have given the most money among nonprofit and for-profit institutions of higher education, at $266,000 and $248,000, respectively. The College of William & Mary ranked third, with donors giving 99 percent of their money to Democrats.
Top Ten Educational Donors in the 2008 Race
1. Harvard University
Total: $266,044 81% Democrat / 19% Republican
2. University of California
Total: $248,488 90% Democrat/ 10% Republican
3. College of William & Mary
Total: $136,200 99% Democrat / 1% Republican
4. Columbia University
Total: $114,108 78% Democrat / 22% Republican
5. Apollo Group
Total: $113,900 90% Democrat / 10% Republican
6. University of Chicago
Total: $102,880 92% Democrat / 8% Republican
7. Stanford University
Total: $97,608 89% Democrat / 11% Republican
8. Georgetown University
Total: $86,917 85% Democrat / 15% Republican
9. University of Pennsylvania
Total: $80,990 90% Democrat / 10% Republican
10. Northwestern University
Total: $70,575 82% Democrat / 18% Republican
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