I am studying to be a sociologist and politics is a deeply sociological area. In addition, I like to balance the scientific inaccuracy which tends to infect all sides of the issues.
I had a professor who told me science & academia were the study of what is supposed to happen when rubber hits the road but reality is what happens when it really does. To me, the left is more about what's supposed to happen while the right deals more in reality.
LOL. LOL. Considering the tendency of the right to rely on things like creationism, Intelligent Design and the bible as a source for information your statement is really, really funny.
Well, I don't know if the professor who told me that was left or right, religious or not. So what's your point?