[ThinkPlease]

In many areas. But Conservatives are also largely more religious than Libs. In this instance, religion and skepticism collide head to head.

I have read that some prominent leftists in the social sciences are anti-evolution because it is part of the "establishment". Not because of any evidence, but because of what it might represent.

[orionblamblam]

> I have read that some prominent leftists in the social sciences are anti-evolution because it is part of the "establishment". Not because of any evidence, but because of what it might represent.

That second sentence there also explains much of the Conservative opposition to evolution.