96% of the donations from Ivy League faculty and staff went to Barack Obama. The conservative website www.campusreform.org provides the breakdown.
Brown University: Obama donors: 129 giving $67,728 Romney donors: 1 giving $500
Columbia University: Obama donors: 652 giving $361,754 Romney donors: 21 giving $34,250
Cornell University: Obama donors: 282 giving $141,731 Romney donors: 11 giving $8,610
Dartmouth College: Obama donors: 90 giving $51,018 Romney donors: 6 giving $2,850
Harvard University: Obama donors: 555 giving $373,556 Romney donors: 30 giving $34,500
Princeton University: Obama donors: 277 giving $155,008 Romney donors: 4 giving $1,901
University of Pennsylvania: Obama donors: 376 giving $209,839 Romney donors: 26 giving $22,900
Yale University: Obama donors: 399 giving $186,834 Romney donors: 13 giving $8,655
That adds up to 2,560 donations (96%) and $1,547,568 (93%) going to Obama as opposed to 112 donations $114,166 for Romney.
So what’s the Right Wing take on this? That’s it’s evidence of Liberal “bias” in academia. The idea that it might be because smart people tend to make smart decisions never enters their heads.
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