Staffers for Republican politicians are more likely to have rooted for the Liberty University Flames in college, while their Democratic counterparts likely walked the campus of Columbia University.
A new report from Legistorm highlighted the regional and educational differences between staffers for both political parties.
However, George Washington University is the top school for both parties, perhaps reflecting its presence in D.C. which may draw in politically-minded students.
“The University of California System, American University, Georgetown University and California State University claim the remaining four spots for school systems with the most Democratic staffer alumni,” Heavyn Lester wrote in a recent update. “[T]he State University System of Florida, the University System of Georgia, University of North Carolina System and University of Mississippi have produced the most Republican staffers along with George Washington University.”
Democrats also draw heavily from New York University and the City University of New York, as well as the University of Washington.
Lester also wrote:
Many large schools in the South produce a disproportionate number of Republicans. Auburn University has produced eight times more Republican staffers than Democratic staffers and nearly 15 times more Republican staff alumni are from the Louisiana State University System than Democratic staff alumni.
“Liberty University has a particular stronghold among Republican staffers, with only two Democratic staffers that have attended the university versus 76 Republicans,” Lester found. “Similarly, only one Democratic staffer has attended Hillsdale College, while 21 Republican staffers are Hillsdale alumni.”
The GOP has only two Columbia grads on staff while Democrats employ 48, according to Lester.
Ivy League universities typically have leaned Democrat, based on donations and political affiliations research from The College Fix.
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