In the U.S., the average college professor who donates to political candidates is "only slightly less left on the political spectrum than Bernie Sanders."
That's the top-line finding from a new study of American academics' political donations, commissioned by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). The study scored academics' political ideologies based on the voting records of the candidates to which they donated. It found that academics are increasingly donating to far-left politicians like Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
