2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDoctors lean more left, political donations show
CHICAGO (AP) Once strongly aligned with the GOP, American physicians are leaning more left, an analysis of campaign contributions over two decades shows.
The first rigorous look at donor doctors also finds they've become increasingly generous, with political contributions surging to almost $200 million in recent years.
An increase in female doctors who more often than men donated to Democrats and a decline in physicians working on their own or in small practices occurred during study years. Those changes likely contributed but reasons for the political shift are unclear, said study co-author David Rothman, a social medicine professor at Columbia University's medical school.
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Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)I'm sure the opposition and blocking of stem cell research started many doctors reconsidering their loyalty to the repubs.
TBF
(31,921 posts)plus many doctors are buried in student loans. Some come from wealthier families but not all. There are many lawyers/doctors that spend years paying down those high-interest loans when they graduate.
ShadowLiberal
(2,237 posts)sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)is having quite the effect on all of the scientific fields. Most, but not all, scientists don't like to be associated with the moronic that is the GOP base and platform.
Aristus
(66,095 posts)At least as far as I have been able to see from my view inside the profession. Our professional mission is to serve the underserved and underinsured, so that's certainly part of the reason. In my class in PA school, I'd say 75% of the class were liberals, progressives, or otherwise leaned to the left.
I hope MD's will continue to do the same as time goes on. I have the feeling that doctors have leaned to the left for a while now, but it hasn't really been noticeable until now because until 2006 or so, conservatives were overrepresented in the AMA board of directors.