The Political Party Affiliation of College Professors

Abstract

The literature on political party preference of college professors presents the consistent finding that social scientists tend overwhelmingly to identify with the Democratic party. Using a stratified random sample of college professors, this study explores the effects of discipline as well as region, type of school, faculty size, and professorial rank on political party preference. The data reveal that although each of these variables has an effect upon the dependent variable, region and discipline are the most salient.