A friend passes on some telling research:
After seeing all the stuff about the bias of universities in their campaign contributions (surprise! – I can’t believe that is even news to anyone), I looked up the contributions of some of the studiously non-partisan think tanks in Washington. Source: FEC website
At the Center for Strategic and International Studies:
Contributions of staff to Democratic Candidates: $14,950
Contributions of staff to Republican Candidates: $1000
Amount to Democratic Candidates: $16,000
Amount to Republican Candidates: $1,000
Does not count PAC’s – only candidates