Big 10 Profs, Staff Lean Way Left For Campaign Cash

12.01.2015 | Surge Wire |

Big 10 professors and administrators have donated more than five times as much to Democrats as Republicans over the last 25 years, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis of OpenSecrets.org data.

Employees at the conference’s 14 institutions have donated $18.4 million to Democrats, versus $3.4 million to Republicans, since 1990, with University of Wisconsin professors and administrators leaning furthest left.

Badger employees gave $2.5 million to Democrats, versus only $108,600 to Republicans in that time period. The sum of their donations, $2.6 million, also makes them the most politically active school in the Big 10.

New Jersey’s Rutgers University employees take the title for second-most liberal, giving $1.3 million to Democrats, versus $85,300 to Republicans since 1990.
University of Minnesota employees’ donations to Democrats outnumbered their donations to Republicans by 10 to 1 — $2.1 million versus $196,700.
University of Maryland faculty and staff, working just a few miles from Washington, D.C., gave $2 million to Democrats, compared with $251,700 to Republicans.
University of Nebraska employees came closest to being politically balanced, but still donated more than twice as much to Democrats as to Republicans — $444,300 versus $192,800.

Here is how employees at the other Big 10 schools donated over the last 25 years:

Indiana University employees donated $963,100 to Democrats, compared with $304,400 to Republicans.

University of Michigan employees donated more than $2 million to Democrats, versus $439,500 to Republicans.

Michigan State University faculty and staff donated $619,900 to Democrats, versus $105,500 to Republicans.

Ohio State University employees donated more than $1 million to Democrats, versus $324,800 to Republicans.

Pennsylvania State University faculty and staff donated $507,500 to Democrats, and $142,600 to Republicans.

University of Illinois employees donated $1.6 million to Democrats, versus $274,400 to Republicans.

University of Iowa faculty and staff donated $1.2 million to Democrats, and $385,700 to Republicans

Northwestern University employees donated $1.9 million to Democrats, versus $465,100 to Republicans.

Purdue University faculty and staff donated $348,000 to Democrats, versus $135,900 to Republicans.

Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.