Are the majority of educators democrats or republicans? Does it make a difference?

Answer 1

It depends on the level of education they are instructors in and what the school's mission is.

At the university level in colleges that aren't associated with a religion you mostly get liberal professors because they are constantly doing research and doing new things and they see the world in a broader context politically. (Of course they can all have a narrow view with respect to their given sciences). However, in Christian Universities ranging from the extremist ones (Bob Jones University, Oral Roberts University, Jerry Falwell's Liberty University, etc.) to the somewhat more mainstream ones (Texas Christian University, Oklahoma Christian University, etc.) you'll find primarily conservatives because those universities have religious missions that are conservative in nature.

In the public schools you'll find a mixed bag that will roughly match the statistics of the population at large.

Answer 2

Most of them are Democrats. It is difficult to be part of a very powerful union, and be an anti-union Republican. It makes a huge difference in teaching style. When I had a Republican teacher everything seemed to be shown in a pro-conservative way. Some teacher hide their beliefs better than others, but most can't help but show something.

Answer 3

The Majority are Liberal Democrats, same in the News Media.

Answer 4

Democrats - there isn't enough money in teaching for Republicans, although I do have an in-law who retired from teaching who was Secretary of her State Republican Party before going to college to become a teacher in her 50s - she already had plenty of money, though.

One of the other things I noticed about educators (teachers, administrators, etc.) when making a good living as a professional tax preparer was that they also had rental property - oftentimes purchased initially with the help of their parents in order to help minimize their living costs while attending college. I figured that the same type of people who could handle a classroom full of kids could also handle whatever problems tenants threw at them. They were also very decent people to know and like.

Answer 5

I'm a teacher and a democrat. It doesn't make a difference which political affiliation an educator chooses. I don't try to convert or convince my students. I encourage them to look at both sides and make informed, educated choices.

Answer 6

Neither, they are socialists, which of course means they are democrats. The teach through their biased eyes.

If we do not pull our children out of public schools we are going to reap what we sow.

I want my money, in vouchers are fine, and my child to go where I believe he will get an education in the fundamentals and not a biased view of environmentalism, humanism, socialism, communism and all of the other socialist evils.

Answer 7

As an educator myself, in my own experience, most of my colleagues have been Democrats. Does it make a difference? Not really, since both political parties are paid-for-whores of big business, going the other way would just substitute the Crips for the Bloods. What's the point?

Answer 8

Democrats. College professors are very educated people who know better than to swallow everything the media throws at them. They are more analytical of things instead of just throwing themselves into a group and stay there.

Answer 9

In college I had a professor that said you would have to be an idiot to vote republican. We debated and I ended up with a D. Turned in the same essays the next semester with a different prof and got an A.

Answer 10

In government schools, Democrats. How do I know? There has never been a Republican for president that Democrats have supported.

As for higher education, they are generally communists.