The Republican party has been anti-science for a long time. There is, however, also an anti-science movement on the left among those who cater to woo like New Age and Alternative medicine. Amongst scientists, anti-Republican sentiments have been growing, culminated in Chris Mooney's book "The Republican War on Science."
I thought it was interesting that Flip objected to being lumped in with Poli-Sci; I'm used to hearing physicists whine about being lumped in with economists. Goes to show that there's always someone out there who is a "better" scientist than you are.