> Hi all, I know of studies that relate engineering to extremist
> mindsets, but is there any statistics about the number/percentage of
> engineers voting republican/libertarian?
>
> Or is this an old-wives tale?
http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~ngross/lounsbery_9-25.pdf
See the table on p. 33. Engineering/comp. sci. professors are the most Republican / least Democratic of all the disciplines (except business).
Keep in mind this is a sample of engineering professors, not engineers. I would guess private-sector engineers would be even more conservative.
SA