Political persuasion and college major?

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@CrankyAsAnOldMan

As I recall, any reseach into political orientation and major choice has been unsurprising but pretty general. “Liberals tend to choose non-science majors”–that sort of thing.

It should also be noted that, if true, it would not mean that science majors tended to be conservative.

In general, it’s fairly safe to say that Americans tend to choose non-science majors.

[sinjin]

@Balthisar

Engineer-Conservative (at least in my part of the world, and generally speaking, of course).

Of course, in what aspects do we mean “conservative”? Truth is, I’d be libertarian, but conservatism is the next best thing, right?

I’ld actually classify myself as a libetarian but it seems so useless in the US.

[Shagnasty]

@sinjin

I’ld actually classify myself as a libetarian but it seems so useless in the US.

But its not useless on the SDMB. I bet if they held some kind of issues vote, we could lock it up.

Me = Libertarian
undergrad - psych and behavioral neuroscience
grad - behavioral neuroscience