We hypothesized that specialists' preference for measuring fiscal strain by using environmental/socioeconomic indicators would correlate with liberal political attitudes, and preference for governmental/fiscal indicators would correlate with conservative political attitudes. Reasons for the hypothesis are offered. Data are analyzed from a survey of authors of journal articles about fiscal strain, but no such correlations emerge. This evidence that specialists' preferences for measuring fiscal strain are not grounded in political attitudes provides a measure of reassurance about social scientists studying fiscal strain.