In US at least, the population skews substantially left. Younger folks in the US lean quite left but don't vote. While Republicans and Democrats are represente

In US at least, the population skews substantially left. Younger folks in the US lean quite left but don't vote. While Republicans and Democrats are represented fairly evenly in elections, in population surveys that include non-voters Democrats have a ~20% edge. For example, if only people under 45 voted in the last election, Biden would have won over 400 electoral votes. Perhaps getting the most in history. So the definition of left leaning varies depending on whether you include all voters or the whole population. This accounts for some of the reason why conservatives dismay media, tech, science, media, and schools being "run by the left". They are. The working and school population is younger and also votes less, and is very liberal compared to party policy positions. The parties pander to the average voter, and news orgs to the average American. That's why so many news orgs "lean left"