Librarians across the country tend to be liberal. The books they acquire for their libraries reflect their personal points of view. At my library there are multiple copies, gathering dust on the shelves, of books by Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Mary Trump, etc. to check out immediately.
Book buying is done centrally for the multiple branch system in my county. There is a long wait list to check out the few copies of individual novels by currently popular author C. J. Box, Kristan Hanna and Jeffrey Archer. When I ask at the desk of my local branch why they aren’t buying books based on demand, the librarian at the desk shrugs and say “Your aren’t the only one asking the question.”
Sadly libraries are just another government bureaucratic operation like the DMV where the employees follow a script, initiative is not rewarded, and the needs of the citizens the “public servants” are supposed to serve are incidental to the operation of the department.
Initiative to do what? There is very short list of things library staff can do or need to do.