It IS the base of the party!
Yes but don’t include all professors. I think most of the arts and science types are Rats but lots of professors in the business departments and engineering are conservative-perhaps because they have worked in the private sector for part of their lives.
Most Rat professors that I know had the following career path K-12, 4 years of college, 4-6 years of graduate school, post doc fellowship or assistant professor and then promotion and tenure. Except for summer jobs, no work in the private sector (working for your professor does not count).
The typical math:
33% of population -- Conservative base
33% of population -- Liberal base
33% of population -- Undecided/uninterested Independents
If the Liberal base is down to 23%, that's good. Because I don't think 33% of the people are currently uninterested. This is a remarkable moment in history, and Obama is pretty clearly on the wrong side of history, with few supporters. The media hides the truth, but the truth is out there.