I think there are probably more conservatives around than you realize. Assuming the number from my random searching (http://www.quora.com/Hacker-News/How-many-u

I think there are probably more conservatives around than you realize. Assuming the number from my random searching (http://www.quora.com/Hacker-News/How-many-users-does-Hacker-News-have http://www.quora.com/Hacker-News/How-many-users-does-Hacker-...) is even the correct order of magnitude, then even if only 1% of HN is conservatives, that's over 1000 people. I think in general people tend to overestimate homogeneity (but probably fewer people than I think).