Over the past decade, the validity of social scientific research has been called into question due to widespread failures to replicate prominent social scientific findings and failed interventions based on those findings. One possible reason for this is political bias, or the possibility of the growing liberal presence contributing to potential publication bias in this field by silencing conservative voices and including less rigorous standards for the publication of liberal work. We studied whether the liberal majority contributes to the replication crisis and publication bias in this way. Specifically, we are looking for evidence of political influence on the published psychological literature by comparing bodies of research that explore political topics and nonpolitical topics.