Educators are big donors to Obama, report says
Posted by Noah Cohen on 27 Aug 2008 at 12:47 pm | in: The Drexel Beat, Vote 2008
College professors and other educators gave over 2.3 million in June and July to the Obama campaign, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.
“Nine of Obama’s top 25 contributors—based on contributions from employees and their families—are universities: University of California, Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, University of Michigan, Georgetown, University of Chicago, University of Washington and University of Pennsylvania” read OpenSecrets.org, the CRP web site.
Educators have donated $9,904,359 to Obama in the 2008 election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission data released Aug 20. For a full chart of donations click here.
The McCain campaign has raised $1,166,684 from educators, according to FEC data presented on OpenSecrets.org
