Still waiting for your proof on this statement...
crickets...
I expect you'll have to wait until the mid-Novembers of '06 and '08 for any reasonable chance of receiving the "proof" you demand
It's a matter of voter perception as much as anything. People in the science community have this perception, and the Luddites on FR feed the perception.
Take a look at the posts condemning empiricism, naturalism, funding of basic research. Take a look at the posts favoring abandoning the teaching of scientific reasoning and methodology. We have a guy, an intelligent, literate guy on FR, arguing geocentrism. None of the anti-evolutionists have the courage or the knowledge to confront him. This seems to be the new majority among Republicans.