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OT: Stanford in Congress - BigEasyCard - 03-01-2016

Which colleges produce the most members of Congress?

http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2016/03/college_active_members_congres.html#incart_river_home

We're not number 1, but close.

Geaux Cardinal!

Re: OT: Stanford in Congress - BostonCard - 03-01-2016

More than Cal and UCLA combined.  Of course, with how dysfunctional our political system is, I'm not sure this would be something to be bragging about.

Some surprises: Missouri and Florida are tied at #4, Maryland is at #7, while Duke, Princeton, and Columbia are tied at #21, (along with Holy Cross and Cal Poly, among others).  USC and UW are not on the list.

BC

Re: OT: Stanford in Congress - Nan3cy - 03-01-2016

The article mentions that Ted Cruz went to Princeton and then doesn't list him among the Princeton congressmen...

Re: OT: Stanford in Congress - BostonCard - 03-01-2016

(03-01-2016, 01:19 PM)garvin link Wrote:Not really a surprise when a big state school like Florida does well in this tally. There are a lot of congressional seats from Florida, and the people who are mostly likely to occupy them are, by definition, those who didn't leave to go to college.

I was more surprised about Missouri than Florida.  I mean, I'd expect Penn State, Texas, Michigan, and Ohio State to be higher than Missou and Maryland on the basis of the number of congressional districts in the state, the prestige of the schools, and the relative lack of other major state schools (outside of Texas).

BC

Re: OT: Stanford in Congress - Mick - 03-01-2016

(03-01-2016, 01:19 PM)garvin link Wrote:Not really a surprise when a big state school like Florida does well in this tally. There are a lot of congressional seats from Florida, and the people who are mostly likely to occupy them are, by definition, those who didn't leave to go to college.

I note that Miami/Oxford, Ohio has three representatives, and all three are from states other than Ohio; Washington, Wisconsin and Indiana.  Whereas, all three of Texas Tech's are in Texas.