Ivy League faculty and administrators have a clear 2016 favorite: Hillary Clinton.
Campus Reform reported that as of Sept. 24, those affiliated with the eight Ivy League universities have donated $248,907 to Hillary Clinton. That’s 87.51 percent of all donations to presidential candidates.
Yale employees, where Clinton attended law school, gave her $95,000.
The distant second place favorite is also a Democrat: Bernie Sanders. He has received $18,851, which is 6.63 percent of donations. Not surprisingly, he earned most from Dartmouth College, which provided him with 56 percent of his donations. Sanders represents the nearby state of Vermont and is polling well in New Hampshire.
Not so surprisingly, Ivy League employees have only donated to four of the 15 Republicans running. Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio earned a combined $13,339, which is less than 5 percent of donations to all presidential candidates.
Republicans received the most from Columbia University. This was thanks to two donors who gave the maximum amount allowed for individuals, at $5,400.
OpenSecrets.org, which is affiliated with Center for Responsive Politics, showed that 2012 was a big year for donations from educators. And, of the $65.1 million given, three-fourths of the donations went to Democrats.
So far, the 2016 campaign cycle demonstrates the trend: America’s elite educators prefer liberal candidates.
