If Most Professors Have the Same Politics, That's Bad for Democracy

If Most Professors Have the Same Politics, That's Bad for Democracy

The campus of Harvard University is seen behind the John Weeks Bridge from the Charles River on October 9, 2025. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images.)Consider a pair of societies.In the first society—let’s call it Utopia—there are always free and fair elections. They are free and fair in the sense that every adult gets to vote, and all the votes are counted fairly. There is no voter intimidation and the like. Here’s the c…