Top University’s Professors Overwhelmingly Donate to Democrats Despite University’s Claim of Independence From Political Views An analysis by Yale Daily News found that 97.6% of faculty political donations went to Democrats in the 2025 election cycle, with zero donations to Republicans. This imbalance occurs despite Yale’s claim that its hiring process is independent of political views. While educated individuals nationally tend to lean Democrat, the disparity at Yale is significantly more pronounced than general voting trends among college graduates.

• 97.6% of 1,099 political donations from Yale faculty in the 2025 cycle went to Democrats.
• Zero donations were made to Republican campaigns by Yale faculty.
• Yale claims its hiring process is independent of political views.
• 82.3% of 1,666 faculty support Democrats, while only 2.3% support Republicans.
• A Yale professor noted a lack of intellectual diversity in politics at universities.
• Pew Research indicates that college-educated voters nationally lean Democrat, but not to the extreme seen at Yale.
• The ratio of Democrat to Republican representation among Yale professors is reported as 36:1.