Campaign Contributions at Vassar

From the perspective of the contributor, donating money to a campaign can be seen as an investment. You are allocating assets in the hope of future will be to office.

Here's some interesting data from Fundrace.com on the campaign contributions from professors at Vassar:


It's almost an even split... between Obama and Clinton. Why have no professors donated to the McCain campaign? I have three hypotheses:

1) Professors at Vassar almost unanimously support Obama.

2) Professors at Vassar who may support McCain are afraid of being ostracized by their peers if they donate to a Republican candidate, so they either do not donate or do not list their profession as a Vassar Professor.

3) McCain supporters at Vassar are too pragmatic with their money to donate small amounts of it to a presidential campaign.

I'm leaning towards #1, but #3 is an intriguing possibility.

(Hat tip: Mads Vassar.)