The site is definitely filled with left leaning individuals. I think the only reason why HN is not more blatantly left leaning (like Twitter, reddit) is because

The site is definitely filled with left leaning individuals. I think the only reason why HN is not more blatantly left leaning (like Twitter, reddit) is because the average HN poster works in tech and likely makes a lot of cash. I know I definitely got a lot less radical in my liberal beliefs once I jumped up a couple tax brackets after college. Other sites like reddit are filled with left leaning individuals from all walks of life. It's easier for a barista living barely above the poverty line to have more far left beliefs out of pure resentment for the structures that allowed them to go $150k into debt after majoring in something like Eastern Gender Studies.