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Daily Bruin on UCLA Faculty Donations

From the Daily Bruin:

UCLA faculty members contributed the most monetary donations toward 2008 presidential candidates out of all the University of California campuses, with a significant amount going toward the Democratic Party candidates.

According to the Center for Responsive Politics Web site, which tracks individual and group donations to political parties, UCLA faculty members gave $66,030 in donations to candidates vying for their party’s presidential bid.

Of the total, $2,150 went to Republicans and the rest to Democrats, reflecting what some experts say is the liberal leaning of campus’ faculty members. A similar political trend was seen at UC Berkeley, which had the second-highest amount of donations from a UC campus with $26,926.

“Anyone’s that surprised that UCLA’s faculty is a left-leaning group hasn’t been paying attention,” said law Professor Stephen Bainbridge.

One of four donors who gave to Republican candidates, Bainbridge contributed to the Fred Thompson campaign, which recently came to a halt when the politician withdrew from the race on Tuesday. ...

Democratic Sen. Barack Obama ... was the candidate who received the most money from UCLA affiliates, with $30,780 – almost half of the total.

That’ll make Andrew Sullivan happy, I suppose.