[Paul Atreides]

There is also something about certain individuals, who are creative, that makes them at least claim to have a leftist view. I was going to be an art major. Nine out of ten art majors were the stereotypical hippy-wannabes. There is no leftist crapola that they do not swallow without reservation, they are very anti-capitalism, and think that America is evil. I've noticed the same thing among fans of science fiction (you should hear the commentary from fans of Dune).

[AmishDude]

Nine out of ten art majors were the stereotypical hippy-wannabes.

It is worth noting that art majors are not artists, but people who want to be artists.

As far as fans of sci-fi, I don't think they're particularly liberal as compared to other people in the same demographic. But politics permeates the liberal's life, so they see politics in everything. Thus, they'll be more vocal about it.

[Tempest]

Oh don't know if I'd consider many of the "artistic" lefties to be rather creative. But I would say that they fancey themselves to be creative. Which is a world of differance.

As for Sc-Fi buffs most that I know are split down the middle politically. And the lefties which happen to be friends of mine have become too intimidated to get into a political debate with me :^D It's sad though, I often do enjoy a good debate.

[RightWingAtheist]

Well, it seems to me that SF fandom is pretty over the map in terms of politics, but that lefties tend to dominate convention panels. Worse yet, leftists-not merely liberals but extreme, off-the-radar leftists-seem to make up the majority of new writers. Some of the interviews of people like Kim Stanley Robinson and Chia Mieville are just appaling.