American taxpayers spend $150-$200 billion a year on salaries for Marxists college and university faculty members.
Marxists college and university faculty members are turning the youth into Marxists.
So…
American taxpayers are paying for the Marxist Revolution.
It must stop. pic.twitter.com/eQ7iCdwiFj
— C3 (@C_3C_3) December 17, 2025
Grok – Are most college and university faculty members left-leaning?
Answer: Yes, most college and university faculty members in the United States are left-leaning, according to multiple large-scale surveys and studies spanning decades. This skew has become more pronounced over time, particularly in humanities and social sciences, though it varies by institution type, discipline, and region.
Key Evidence from Surveys
- The Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at UCLA triennial faculty survey (ongoing since the 1980s) shows a clear trend:
- In the late 1980s/early 1990s, about 40-50% of faculty identified as liberal or far-left, with conservatives around 20-25%.
- By the 2016-2017 survey, 60% identified as liberal or far-left, while only 12% identified as conservative or far-right.
- This represents a shift from a liberal plurality to a clear majority on the left.
- A 2007 national study by Neil Gross and Solon Simmons (covering over 1,400 professors) found 44% liberal, 46% moderate, and 9% conservative. More recent analyses of similar data indicate the moderate category has shrunk as the leftward tilt grew.
- Partisan registration studies often show even starker imbalances:
- Ratios of Democrats to Republicans range from 6:1 nationally to 10-12:1 or higher at elite liberal arts colleges and in certain fields (e.g., over 50:1 in some humanities departments).
- In top-tier institutions, some departments have zero registered Republicans.
- Recent surveys (e.g., Chronicle of Higher Education faculty poll) confirm over 60% identify as liberal (including “very liberal”), with conservatives in the low single digits.