Ivy League Faculty, Staff Funnel Millions To Dem Campaigns

Eight universities make for a small athletic conference, but the Ivy League campuses are financial and political powerhouses for Democratic candidates and campaigns.

Ivy League administrators and professors have funneled seven times more cash to federal Democratic candidates and causes than to Republicans since 1990, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis of OpenSecrets.org data.

Employees at the eight prestigious schools have donated $25.3 million to Democrats over the last 25 years, compared with $3.5 million to the GOP, reinforcing the widely held belief that America’s universities lean heavily left.

Cornell University faculty and staff were the most one-sided in their contributions, giving $2.1 million to Democrats, versus $118,000 to Republicans in that time period. Yale University employees skewed left nearly as much as Cornell employees, giving $2.6 million to Democrats, versus $173,000 to Republicans.

But Harvard University faculty and staff out-shone their Ivy competitors by donating more to Democrats than anyone else — $9.4 million total, versus $1.3 million to GOP candidates.

Dartmouth College faculty and staff came closest to being balanced in their political donations, but still donated twice as much to Democrats as Republicans — $618,900 versus $309,000.

Total donations from Ivy League faculty and staff may be much higher, as federal law doesn’t require donors to name their employers.

Other Ivies funneled far more cash to Democrats than Republicans over the last 25 years, too.

University of Pennsylvania employees donated $3.2 million to Democrats, versus $421,000 to Republicans.

Princeton University faculty and staff gave $2.2 million to Democrats, versus $498,000 to Republicans.

Brown University employees donated $494,000 to Democrats, versus $64,950 to Republicans.

Columbia University faculty and staff gave $4.6 million to Democrats, versus $565,000 to Republicans.

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