The simple fact is that fewer conservatives try to get PhDs than liberals. We abandoned that battlefield years ago and are now paying the price. If we want it back, we have to fight for it by getting those advanced degrees. Fortunately the number of Conservatives in the grad schools is increasing. We must continue if we want a voice in academia.
The trouble has to do with public funding.
Can a Republican in good conscience accept tax dollars as an employee of a state university?
That raises a good issue,though. If it's the liberals who are getting PhDs and teaching in colleges, what does that say for our future?
Lets put it this way: I saw a study recently that discussed the types of cars people with different political ideologies drove, and in it they mentioned that the reason that Republicans tended to drive larger cars could have to do with the average size of families: Republicans average 3.5 children, while Democrats average only 1.7. This got me thinking: If we have so many more children on average, why aren't we more dominant?
Seriously - if we have twice the birth rate, we should have overtaken them long ago. Are 1 in 4 (or something like that) Republican children switching parties more often than Democratic children? And if so, who is to blame - could it really be college professors? And what could they be teaching that is causing this?
I really have more questions than answers here...