This is the irony. The vast majority of academic researchers voted for Obama, and probably >90% of those who work at the CDC and other government institutions did. They all thought that Democrat = funding. Didn't work that way, but they still won't admit to themselves or anyone that the Democrats screwed research in the US. It was inevitable.
They had marked negative effects on the economy - thus leading to a decrease in overall money available for research (both private and public). They shoved their expensive and expansive health care law down our throats (everywhere there has been government takeover/control of health care, research suffers - for a variety of reasons). They politicized science (targeting money to politically correct areas). etc. etc.
But to this day, and tomorrow, and for the foreseeable future, the academic community will support them, and continue to characterize Republicans as anti-intellectual throwbacks.
Obama’s slush funds for political purposes mean that other thinqs are pushed onto a back burner. They have plenty of money to hire disinformation aqents on social media...