Why are there so few professors that are Republicans? The GOP demonizes and rejects the conclusions of the scientific process– like climate change, vaccines, or tariffs. You can’t train for a decade in science and see yourself supported in a party that governs against reality.
It’s just like why Trump loses more in court– he does more illegal shit.
Right now, the GOP has decided that the correct response to new information that’s incongruous with their beliefs are to reject the information and not update their beliefs. And the track record for their beliefs aligning with knowledge is not great. For the GOP, reality is whatever they assert it is. This is fundamentally incompatible with modern traditions in both science and law.
I wouldn’t say that the Democrats are right, and certainly not right all the time. But they are significantly less hostile to the idea that we can, in fact, learn new information, and we can, in fact, make different choices as a result.