I was poking around Fund Race 2008 and was curious how different scientist professions were giving in regards to political parties in the USA. Below is what I found….
| profession | Repub # | Dem # | Repub $ | Dem $ | Ratio # | Dem $ |
| mathematician | 18 | 98 | 13740 | 72837 | 5.44 | 5.3 |
| physicist | 86 | 532 | 65722 | 425105 | 6.19 | 6.47 |
| chemist | 172 | 397 | 111058 | 247742 | 2.31 | 2.23 |
| biochemist | 23 | 117 | 16567 | 100415 | 5.09 | 6.06 |
| biologist | 27 | 278 | 13809 | 156868 | 10.3 | 11.36 |
| geologist | 321 | 294 | 321835 | 195143 | 0.92 | 0.61 |
| electrical engineer | 321 | 374 | 184539 | 244717 | 1.17 | 1.33 |
| mechanical engineer | 155 | 149 | 109542 | 86466 | 0.96 | 0.79 |
| civil engineer | 555 | 419 | 488337 | 284625 | 0.75 | 0.58 |
| chemical engineer | 123 | 97 | 87113 | 54524 | 0.79 | 0.63 |
| economist | 205 | 798 | 239043 | 784461 | 3.89 | 3.28 |
I suspect that geologists are explicable when you note how many are employed in natural resources industries (e.g., oil).
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