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Buckeye_Democrat

(14,852 posts)
19. Yep.
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 06:03 PM
Sep 2019

Here's a Pew Research poll from 2009:
https://www.people-press.org/2009/07/09/section-4-scientists-politics-and-religion/

Most scientists identify as Democrats (55%), while 32% identify as independents and just 6% say they are Republicans.


There's an occasional "odd ball" right-winger, like one of my coworkers who's pretty well educated yet a strong Libertarian.

I finally heard an explanation from him months ago...

He told me that he used to be more liberal, but that changed after he was denied the status of "disabled" for an ankle injury that he suffered in the military.

He hobbles around a little bit when he walks, but he's clearly NOT disabled from it. Nonetheless, he believed that he deserved to live off tax payers for the rest of his life. Since that didn't happen, he wants an end to ALL such social programs.

Yes, he's a vindictive jerk in general.
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