Is Academia Liberal?

The final word: Here. Thanks to the VC for pointing out this research. LiLPoh also has some great thoughts on this.

I would love to conduct a similar study here at Ohio State. I am confident that the numbers would be similar.

In summary, Daniel Klein of Santa Clara University surveyed 1000 professors about their political affiliation. This revealed a minimum of a 7 to 1 ratio in favor of Democrats.

Other statistics (Democrat to Republican):

• Anthropology departments: 30 to 1


• Sociology: 28 to 1


• Political Science: 7 to 1


• Economics: 3 to 1




• UC Berkley: 10 to 1