title: A predominance of self-identified Democrats is no evidence of a leftward bias.
abstract: The reasoning of Duarte et al. hinges on the basic premise that a positive ratio of Democrats versus Republicans implies a political bias. However, when placed in a global and historical context, it is evident that U.S. Democrats currently represent a moderate position on the political left-right spectrum. Thus, Duarte et al. provide no evidence of a leftward bias in the scientific community.
authors.affiliation: Cognitive Psychology Lab,University of Koblenz-Landau,D-76829 Landau,Germany.hilbig@uni-landau.dewww.cognition.uni-landau.de/hilbig.
authors.forename: Benjamin E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Hilbig
authors.affiliation: Research Methods,Institute of Psychology,University of Kassel,D-34127 Kassel,Germany.moshagen@uni-kassel.dewww.uni-kassel.de/go/research-methods.
authors.forename: Morten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moshagen
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics