The Right Coast

May 18, 2005
 
"Deep Blue Campuses"
By Gail Heriot

These figures are from the Leadership Institute's study of political giving by employees of elite universities. I've included the most extreme schools (both pro-Kerry and pro-Bush)--Dartmouth, which was 100% for Kerry and Vanderbilt, which was only 64% for Kerry. I've also included some of the schools that are nearest and dearest to the hearts of Right Coasters. The actual study includes more schools.

Harvard: Kerry/Bush Dollar Ratio--25 to 1
Kerry/Bush Dollar%--97% to 3% //Number of Donations--406 to 13

Princeton: Kerry/Bush Dollar Ratio--302 to 1
Kerry/Bush Dollar%--99.7% to 0.3 //Number of Donation--114 to 1

Yale: Kerry/Bush Dollar Ratio--20 to 1
Kerry/Bush Dollar %--95% to 5% //Number of Donations--150 to 3

Duke: Kerry/Bush Dollar Ratio--9 to 1
Kerry/Bush Dollar %--90% to 10% //Number of Donations--98 to 7

MIT: Kerry/Bush Dollar Ratio--43 to 1
Kerry/Bush Dollar %--98% to 2% //Number of Donations--121 to 2

Stanford: Kerry/Bush Dollar Ratio--6 to 1
Kerry/Bush Dollar %--86% to 14% //Number of Donations--257 to 28

Columbia: Kerry/Bush Dollar Ratio--8 to 1
Kerry/Bush Dollar %--89% to 11% //Number of Donations--197 to 14

Dartmouth: Kerry/Bush Dollar Ratio--Infinity
Kerry/Bush Dollar %--100% to 0% //Number of Donations--39 to 0

Northwestern: Kerry/Bush Dollar Ratio--11 to 1
Kerry/Bush Dollar %--92% to 8% //Number of Donations--100 to 6

Washington U.: Kerry/Bush Dollar Ratio--2 to 1
Kerry/Bush Dollar %--65% to 35% //Number of Donations--56 to 14

Cornell: Kerry/Bush Dollar Ratio--29 to 1
Kerry/Bush Dollar %--97% to 3% //Number of Donations--142 to 7

Chicago: Kerry/Bush Dollar Ratio--3 to 1
Kerry/Bush Dollar %--73% to 27% //Number of Donations--77 to 15

Rice: Kerry/Bush Dollar Ratio--3 to 1
Kerry/Bush Dollar %--72% to 28% //Number of Donations--21 to 6

Notre Dame: Kerry/Bush Dollar Ratio--3 to 1
Kerry/Bush Dollar %--75% to 25% //Number of Donations--18 to 8

Vanderbilt: Kerry/Bush Dollar Ratio--2 to 1
Kerry/Bush Dollar %--64% to 36% //Number of Donations--76 to 26

Univ. of California: Kerry/Bush Dollar Ratio--21 to 1
Kerry/Bush Dollar %--95% to 5% //Number of Donations--694 to 28

Michigan: Kerry/Bush Dollar Ratio--10 to 1
Kerry/Bush Dollar %--91% to 9% //Number of Donations--159 to 7