The political ‘diploma divide’ now applies to members of Congress — A new academic study shows a plummeting level of GOP lawmakers who attended Ivy League or other elite universities and graduate schools

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/30/political-diploma-divide-now-applies-members-congress/

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  1. In the last 50 years or so:

    * the share of House Republicans who had attended ‘elite’ universities decreased from about 40% to about 15%.

    * the share of Senate Republicans who did so decreased from about 55% to about 35%.

    During the 2021-2022 Congress:

    * about 40% of House Democrats and about 50% of Senate Democrats had done so.

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