I wish teachers can be trained, and allowed to carry. However we'll use the pot analogy, and state that carrying on school grounds is a federal no-no.

According to WaPo, over three quarters of teachers are liberal. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/won ... 5320d460a2

To create the graphic, the company aggregated data from the Federal Election Commission on contributions to political parties, and used that information as a proxy for political views.

That's single study which utilizes political party contributions as their sole data source:



Political donations do not equal political views. As an example, many Obama voters flipped and voted for Trump in 2016. As Obama voters - they were likely Obama contributors in 2008 and 2012 (and the "study" you cited is from 2015, when a donation to Obama would have been their most recent federal contribution). I suspect it's much closer to 60/40 or 55/45. Further - I think you'd see a big difference in the voting behavior of elementary school teachers vs middle & high school teachers.

The Education Week Research Center surveyed a nationally representative sample of teachers, school-based leaders, and district leaders about their politics and views on a wide range of K-12 issues. The 38-question survey was administered in September and October to 1,122 educators including 555 teachers, 266 school leaders, 202 district leaders, and 99 other school or district employees. The margin of error for the survey overall was plus or minus 5 percent. Followup interviews involved survey respondents who agreed to be contacted after the survey and were willing to be quoted on a range of subjects.

I really don't see Democrats being moderate, in this day and age. At least by my perception.
I have a hard time associating the word moderate with Democrat.

Agreed... I know numerous teachers or educators. And to a person they consider themselves as moderates or even conservative leaning. And none of them are even close. It's about how they perceive themselves, to themselves and each other.

My next door neighbors are both retired teachers, gun owning and hunting, Montana natives. Both are flaming liberals that consider themselves "moderates". It's the conservative (any) Republicans that are the "extremists" in their view.

That was my fear about the breakdown... But it still surprised me.
It shouldn't have though - this was self-reporting.

Fantastic. Hope this catches on.