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Democrats outnumbered Republicans more than 6-to-1 among commencement speakers at America’s top colleges this year, according to a new report examining graduation ceremonies at top universities across the country.
The College Fix found that Democratic or Democratic-leaning speakers make up 86% of speakers at schools ranked in the top 100 universities by US News & World Report.
“The Fix reviewed public statements and donation records to determine speakers’ political leanings,” The College Fix reported Friday. “The numbers only include speakers at the main commencement ceremony, or if there are multiple events, graduation ceremonies. Some speakers did not publicly express political leanings and were counted as inactive in the analysis.”
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A report from The College Fix found that Democratic commencement speakers outnumber Republican speakers by a margin of 6 to 1 at top US colleges. (Getty Images)
The six Republican or right-leaning speakers identified by College Fix include Arthur Brooks, former president of the American Enterprise Institute, who gave Vanderbilt University’s commencement speech on May 7; Dario Gil, undersecretary for science at the Department of Energy under President Donald Trump, gave the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute commencement address on May 16; and former University of Texas quarterback and NFL player Colt McCoy gave the University of Texas at Austin commencement address on May 9.
Francis Fukuyama, who was identified as a strong speaker by College Fix even though he reportedly endorsed former President Barack Obama for president in 2008, was the commencement speaker at William & Mary University’s commencement ceremony on May 15. Eric Dickerson, a former Southern Methodist University running back, was the SMU Ambassador on May 16 Mike Israel. Yeshiva University’s commencement address on May 28.
This year’s Democratic commencement speakers identified by The College Fix included Democratic New Jersey Gov. Mikey Sherrill, who will deliver the New Jersey Institute of Technology’s commencement address; Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who spoke with Michigan State University; and Democratic Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger, who gave the Virginia Tech graduation address.
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Virginia Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger speaking during the event. (Getty Images)
Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., gave Georgia Tech’s inaugural address.
Other Democratic commencement speakers this year include Dee Dee Myers, Press Secretary for former President Bill Clinton, at Santa Clara University; Alison LaCroix, former President Joe Biden’s nomination to the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court, University of Illinois-Chicago; and Alison Nathan, US district judge for the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals, nominated by Joe Biden in 2021 and identified as the second openly LGBTQ+ woman to serve on the district court, University of California Irvine.
Democratic speakers from the entertainment industry include actresses Kristin Davis at the University of Colorado Boulder, Sarah Jessica Parker at Northwestern University, Jane Lynch at Cornell University, and William Adams, singer and rapper known as “will.i.am,” gave the commencement address at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Democratic writers identified by The Fix as giving inaugural speeches include James Patterson at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; John Green at Rice University; Xochitl Gonzalez at Brown University; and Min Jin Lee at Yale University.
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Sarah Jessica Parker gave Northwestern University’s commencement address. (Jamie McCarthy/WireImage)
Conservative speakers often face hostility on campuses. Chloe Cole announced last week that she was canceling a planned speech at the University of Washington after citing alleged threats Antifa.
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In April, Lt. Gov. Republican Pamela Evette told Fox News Digital that South Carolina State University rescinded her invitation to give the commencement address because she supports President Trump.
