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Buckeye_Democrat

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16. Only 6% of scientists are Republicans.

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 05:50 AM

17 hrs ago

That's similar to the percentage of African American women who identify as Republican.

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/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.

That's from a poll in 2009. I'm guessing that people who are more dedicated to TRUTH instead of power are even less likely to identify themselves as Republican today.

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