Taxpayer-Funded Truman Scholarship Largely Going To Liberal-Leaning Students For 11 Years

For at least the 11th year in a row, the federally funded Truman Scholarships overwhelmingly went to left-leaning students, a College Fix analysis found.

Among this year’s winners, announced late last week, are an “abortion doula” and an “abolition feminist,” The Fix found. Multiple winners use “they/them” or other nonstandard pronouns.

The $30,000 scholarship is awarded to around 50 students annually, selected from a pool of more than 800 applicants. Awardees promise to spend three of their first seven years after finishing graduate school in public service.

Approximately 43 of the 54 students have worked for Democratic politicians, advocated for progressive causes, or identify as left-leaning — continuing the longtime trend exposed in previous College Fix articles.

In contrast, only three scholars have worked for Republican politicians, advocated for conservative causes, or could otherwise be identified as right-leaning. Some, such as service academy winners, did not have clear political ideologies.

The Fix determined this information based on provided biographies, LinkedIn profiles, and the other social media accounts of winners.

Democratic or left-leaning politicians for whom scholarship winners have worked or interned for include Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, California Sen. Adam Schiff, former Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, and Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, as well as former President Joe Biden.

Awardees have also been involved with various left-leaning organizations, including College Democrats, Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity, Palestine Solidarity Committee, and Planned Parenthood Generation Action. More here