TJ in Oregon
TJ in Cleve
Junior Chimp
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« on: July 14, 2013, 10:31:27 PM » |
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Engineering post-grads are probably lean-Dem overall, though not by any means guaranteed Dem. PhD students as a whole vote overwhelmingly Democratic, but engineering is something of an excepting. I do think there is some selection bias with the more conservative engineers opting for industry and the more liberal engineers disproportionately for grad school. Keep in mind that our stipends and research are largely government funded. That's not a minor concern and probably a huge reason for the leftward lean in academia. Another factor is that engineering students skew heavily male, so the gender gap plays a role.
Still in my experience, there are some around with every ideology in engineering grad school. I'd say Obama probably won engineering PhDs nationally but not by a huge margin.
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