Pew Research Center reports that only 6 percent of scientists identified as Republican and only 9 percent identified as conservatives.
On topic, we just had a black president did that make Americans any less racist? Did the most qualified presidential candidate make Americans any less misogynistic or hateful? Of course not, while I am not religious, evil is embedded in the human and it doesn't take much to set it free. "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." LBJ - Mexican or Muslim can be substituted in quote.
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Science, you could say, has a built-in left-wing bias, because it does not appeal to simplistic notions of God, country, tribal supremacy, or any of the other lesser angels of our nature that the GOP finds handy for its get-out-the-angry-vote drives." Steve Silberman
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"In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican." H.L. Mencken