Harvard Faculty Donate to Democrats by Wide Margin

The Crimson [Harvard college newspaper] ^ | 5-1-15 | KARL M. ASPELUND

[DeweyCA]

Eighty-four percent of campaign contributions made by a group of 614 Harvard faculty, instructors, and researchers between 2011 and the third quarter of 2014 went to federal Democratic campaigns and political action committees, according to a Crimson analysis of Federal Election Commission filings.

During the three years, the Harvard affiliates represented in analyzed public filings gave nearly $3 million to federal campaigns and candidates. Each of Harvard’s schools leaned to the left in the contributions made by their affiliates, many by wide margins. Ninety-six percent of donations in the data set from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which includes Harvard College, supported Democratic efforts. That figure was even higher—nearly 98 percent—at Harvard Law School. Harvard Business School was the most Republican, with 37 percent of its contributions supporting Republicans and 62 percent going to Democrats.

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The contributions data is made public by the Federal Election Commission. The data does not include contributions made to independent expenditure, or super PACs, and nonprofits groups organized under section 501(c)(4) of the tax code that engage in electioneering communications. It does include contributions to candidate-linked PACs.

The data supports the commonly held belief that Harvard’s professoriate is largely liberal, raising questions about the ideological diversity of the faculty and what impact that may have on teaching and research.

[DeweyCA]

This is just more proof of the overwhelming academic influence that the Left has in America's most influential colleges. And we must remember that the graduates from these most prestigious colleges go on to teach in other colleges, influencing many more students.

[OttawaFreeper]

Didn’t William F Buckley make the comment that he would rather be governed by the first one hundred names in the Boston telephone book than the Harvard faculty?

[MrB]

And they’re superior, ethical, and good people for doing so...
or so they believe.

[FreedomStar3028]

The exact reason it is 95% left-leaning, is because of that very fact.

[Steely Tom]

I went to a very liberal college. When I went in I knew nothing about politics. When I came out I was beginning to be a conservative. During my first year as a working adult, I found my way to National Review and actually became a conservative.

[SandRat]

That’s the legend.

[Vigilanteman]

We’d be better off still to use the first 400 people to drive into a given truck stop.

[DeweyCA]

FTA: “The data supports the commonly held belief that Harvard’s professoriate is largely liberal, raising questions about the ideological diversity of the faculty and what impact that may have on teaching and research.”

This is an amazing statement to find in “The Crimson.” Even the Harvard student newspaper admits that this data probably reflects an academic bias at the school.