Leftist stupidity. One more example
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There are many surveys that confirm that STEM workers outside the university environment are more conservative than the general population. Here is one...
The Politics of Engineers
http://machinedesign.com/news/politics-engineers
"The same survey also found that engineers say they are more likely to be Republican (42.1%) or Independent (33.7%) voters, as opposed to Democrats (14.5%)."
The only work-place where scientists (STEM workers) are more liberal are university campuses. I will note however that generally only scientists with liberal views can get a job at a university so this is hardly surprising. In all other STEM work environments outside of universities all the surveys show that Republicans outnumber Democrats. I should also note that STEM workers outside of universities outnumber professors by over 100 to 1 -- clearly demonstrating the conservative slant in STEM professions overall.
oooh, democrats need to do something about that 100:1
Not necessarily. Engineers and most STEM workers tend to make decisions based on logic and math. Most are in the upper middle-class and want to protect their comfortable lifestyle with minimal political changes. Most evaluate their voting options rationally and find they are more aligned to vote Republican then Democratic.
However I should not that STEM workers are greatly outnumbered by non-STEM workers in the U.S. So it may not be an important agenda item for the Democratic party to attract more STEM workers to vote for them (also in view that it is a hard sell) -- there are many other groups of voters that are much better targets for Democrats.
what I meant was not "attract" but eliminate. A little off topic, but I was watching Bernie go on about how health care is a right. So what happens to the rights of a healthcare worker? Back on topic, if engineers tend to be private, we must make them public. Then see who they vote for.
Your link may or may not be accurate. Regardless, it only refers to engineers, whereas you referred to other (general) fields in your earlier statement for which I requested a link.
How about this:
...most scientists (56%) perceive the scientific community as politically liberal; just 2% think scientists are politically conservative. About four-in-ten scientists (42%) concur with the majority public view that scientists, as a group, are neither in particular.
The scientists’ belief that the scientific community is politically liberal is largely accurate. Slightly more than half of scientists (52%) describe their own political views as liberal, including 14% who describe themselves as very liberal. Among the general public, 20% describe themselves as liberal, with just 5% calling themselves very liberal.
Most scientists identify as Democrats (55%), while 32% identify as independents and just 6% say they are Republicans. When the leanings of independents are considered, fully 81% identify as Democrats or lean to the Democratic Party, compared with 12% who either identify as Republicans or lean toward the GOP. Among the public, there are far fewer self-described Democrats (35%) and far more Republicans (23%). Overall, 52% of the public identifies as Democratic or leans Democratic, while 35% identifies as Republican or leans Republican.
http://www.people-press.org/2009/07/09/section-4-scientists-politics-and-religion/
Your link may or may not be accurate. Regardless, it only refers to engineers, whereas you referred to other (general) fields in your earlier statement for which I requested a link.
How about this:
...most scientists (56%) perceive the scientific community as politically liberal; just 2% think scientists are politically conservative. About four-in-ten scientists (42%) concur with the majority public view that scientists, as a group, are neither in particular.
The scientists’ belief that the scientific community is politically liberal is largely accurate. Slightly more than half of scientists (52%) describe their own political views as liberal, including 14% who describe themselves as very liberal. Among the general public, 20% describe themselves as liberal, with just 5% calling themselves very liberal.
Most scientists identify as Democrats (55%), while 32% identify as independents and just 6% say they are Republicans. When the leanings of independents are considered, fully 81% identify as Democrats or lean to the Democratic Party, compared with 12% who either identify as Republicans or lean toward the GOP. Among the public, there are far fewer self-described Democrats (35%) and far more Republicans (23%). Overall, 52% of the public identifies as Democratic or leans Democratic, while 35% identifies as Republican or leans Republican.
http://www.people-press.org/2009/07/09/section-4-scientists-politics-and-religion/
I can simply state that this information from Pew disagrees with all the other surveys of STEM workers performed across private industry.
I can only state that asserting that only 10 percent of scientists in the private sector are Republicans is absurd. I would like to know their survey size, sampling methods, and which private firms participated.