Propeller Head Politics

Per Slate.com writer Daniel Sarewitz, most scientists in this country are Democrats. That's a problem, he says. Sarewitz writes: "A Pew Research Center Poll from July 2009 showed that only around 6 percent of U.S. scientists are Republicans; 55 percent are Democrats, 32 percent are independent, and the rest 'don't know' their affiliation." Hmm. Just 6%? How very odd. Read the piece here.