[El Scorcho]

Profs. vote for Obama with wallets

By Michael Juel-Larsen and Josh Oppenheimer
Princetonian Staff Writers

All Princeton faculty members who have given to 2008 presidential candidates so far have donated to Democrats, according to federal records of donations to presidential campaigns from Princeton University employees.

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is the runaway favorite candidate among those donors, having received $12,050 from Princeton employees. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) drew the second-highest total contributions from Princeton faculty and staff with $5,600. Other donations have gone to candidates including former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.), Gov. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.) and Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.).

In total, donors who listed the University as their employer have given $23,700 to presidential campaigns in the current election cycle. Of that, $21,900 — 92.4 percent — has gone toward Democratic candidates.

Federal Election Commission records list any donation over $200 to a political organization or candidate and are public by law.

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) is the only Republican candidate to receive donations from Princeton employees so far, receiving a total of $1,800 from a graduate student and a Public Safety officer.

Princeton employees' overwhelmingly high support for Democratic candidates — 90 percent of donors who listed the University as their employer gave to a Democrat, and no professors donated to the GOP — outpaces its peers. The Harvard Crimson reported that 86 percent of Harvard professors' contributions went to Democrats, while according to Georgetown's student newspaper, The Hoya, 75 percent of the donations made by the school's employees went to Democratic candidates.

The statistics of political giving at Princeton mirror larger trends at campuses across the country. Inside Higher Education reported that Obama is the "clear favorite of academics," having received over $2.1 million from them.

Full Article: http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archiv ... 9886.shtml

Choice quote:

College Republicans president Andrew Malcolm '09 said that the overwhelming support for Democratic candidates came as no surprise. He said there is no reason to believe that political donations will affect professors' teaching, but the leftward trend "does raise some concerns about ideological diversity among the faculty," he said. "I hope that all students, regardless of their political beliefs, feel comfortable expressing their views in the classroom."

Good luck with that, Andrew.

[Cider Jim]

In total, donors who listed the University as their employer have given $23,700 to presidential campaigns in the current election cycle.

I wonder how that compares to what Liberty faculty are donating. Fumble, can we put you down for a 5 spot?

[El Scorcho]

In total, donors who listed the University as their employer have given $23,700 to presidential campaigns in the current election cycle.

I wonder how that compares to what Liberty faculty are donating. Fumble, can we put you down for a 5 spot?

Divide by 100.

[Fumblerooskies]

In total, donors who listed the University as their employer have given $23,700 to presidential campaigns in the current election cycle.

I wonder how that compares to what Liberty faculty are donating. Fumble, can we put you down for a 5 spot?

Sure...put me down for a five spot on Obama.

[LUconn]

Thread hijack!

Did anybody see the dem debate last night on CNN? Man, it was probably one of the more entertaining things that's been on TV in a long time. (not hard I guess with the strike.) Obama and Clinton obviously DO NOT like each other. They will sit there and bicker back and forth, and Edwards is just sitting there off camera listening. Good stuff. In all seriousness, I would rather have either of those two windbags in office than Edwards. That dude is just a straight up red, and doesnt even try to hide it. If this were 1930, he would have been locked in a prison a long time ago, McCarthy style.

[Fumblerooskies]

I saw a little of it. Obama looked a little out of his league...not his usual smooth self...
...and Hillary looked like a condescending Bee-atch all night.