There is nothing lawyers like more than a lawyer-presidential candidate, which is why Democratic nominees for president are always awash in donations from legal offices.
In 2016, for example, lawyer Hillary Clinton and Democrats received $17.74 in donations from lawyers for every $1 given to former President Donald Trump. In 2020, it was $5.61 to President Joe Biden for every buck to Trump.
And it is likely to be similar this year, according to an analysis from Mark Sauter of Need to Share News. He said Vice President Kamala Harris continues a 40-year line of Democratic presidential nominees who are lawyers, starting with Walter Mondale.
He found that Republicans appear to turn their noses up to lawyers, nominating mostly businessmen and politicians. The exceptions were the late Sen. Bob Dole in 1996 and Mitt Romney in 2012.
“Put another way, 100% of Democratic presidential nominees since 1984 have been lawyers, compared with approximately 18% of Republicans. The trend holds for vice presidential nominees: Every Democrat nominated for vice president since 1984 has also been a lawyer, except [Gov.] Tim Walz [D-MN],” Sauter said.
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Lawyers have already given Harris about $27 million, the analysis said.
Of course, it’s hard to walk far in Washington, D.C., without bumping into a lawyer, either on K Street or in Congress, where 175 are lawyers.