Academia

They don't have to do that. Most universities are overwhelmingly democratic and leftist outside of business and legal schools.

conservative viewpoints are very much a minority on most higher ed campuses. they were not 30 years ago. but in the 90s things really started to consolidate at a rapid pace. conservatives and conservative ideas were systemically removed from campus discourses in favor of explicit liberal/left agendas embraced by university admins, who were chasing grant dollars.