Bet you guys never saw that coming…
Via Campus Reform:
Between 2011 and 2014, 84 percent of political contributions from Harvard faculty members went to Democrats, according to a new report.
The Harvard Crimson, the university’s newspaper, researched the federal campaign and PAC donations of 614 faculty members as they were available in Federal Election Commission filings.
According to the paper, “the Crimson analyzed the federal donations of contributors who reported Harvard University as their employer and were listed in Harvard directories and websites as professors, lecturers, fellows, associates, researchers, and scientists, as well as visiting fellows and professors.”
Administrators were not included.
Donations from Harvard faculty to Democrats reached nearly $2.5 million in this time period. Republicans received just over $400,000 in the same years.
Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) donated 96 percent of their money to Democrats. FAS Dean Michael D. Smith told the Crimson that he is “amazed” by how high the number was.
About 86 percent of donations from Harvard’s prestigious Kennedy School of Government went to Democrats as well.