How liberal or conservative are the Virginia colleges?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When I attended a private college in VA, almost everyone I met at private colleges in VA were conservative or leaned conservative. Our college Democrats had about 5 people who attended meetings.

I'm sure it's a bit different now, but still think the privates are more conservative, and VMI is super conservative.

VMI is conservative? Weird. Military types tend to be very liberal.

No, the opposite is true

[Anonymous]

Sarcasm isn’t your strong suit, is it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sarcasm isn’t your strong suit, is it?

I've unsuccessfully attempted sarcasm on DCUM too. Doesn't seem to "take".

[Anonymous]

College towns tend to be more liberal places. Lexington, Lynchburg, and some parts of SW VA are more conservative.

How liberal/conservative a school is probably depends on your definition. If Hillsdale is on one end and Oberlin are on the other, most of the Virginia schools would be center (with the exception of Liberty and Regents).

Generally, the larger the school, the easier it would be for a student to find variety.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I attended a private college in VA, almost everyone I met at private colleges in VA were conservative or leaned conservative. Our college Democrats had about 5 people who attended meetings.

I'm sure it's a bit different now, but still think the privates are more conservative, and VMI is super conservative.

VMI is conservative? Weird. Military types tend to be very liberal.

No, the opposite is true

Not really. Every person in the military I know votes D except one officer. The rank and file generally vote liberal.

[Anonymous]

When I attended a private college in VA, almost everyone I met at private colleges in VA were conservative or leaned conservative. Our college Democrats had about 5 people who attended meetings.

I'm sure it's a bit different now, but still think the privates are more conservative, and VMI is super conservative.



VMI is conservative? Weird. Military types tend to be very liberal.



No, the opposite is true



Not really. Every person in the military I know votes D except one officer. The rank and file generally vote liberal.

Here's the thing that often gets forgotten....

Republican does not always equal conservative.
Democrat does not always equal liberal.

A conservative can vote D. It all depends on your definition of conservative/liberal. And how far left or right you are taking said definition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stay away from Liberty if want them to be educated.

Otherwise all public colleges are good.

Liberty is not public.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I attended a private college in VA, almost everyone I met at private colleges in VA were conservative or leaned conservative. Our college Democrats had about 5 people who attended meetings.

I'm sure it's a bit different now, but still think the privates are more conservative, and VMI is super conservative.

VMI is conservative? Weird. Military types tend to be very liberal.

No, the opposite is true

Not really. Every person in the military I know votes D except one officer. The rank and file generally vote liberal.

You need to expand your circle. Military is more conservative than the average person.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I attended a private college in VA, almost everyone I met at private colleges in VA were conservative or leaned conservative. Our college Democrats had about 5 people who attended meetings.

I'm sure it's a bit different now, but still think the privates are more conservative, and VMI is super conservative.

VMI is conservative? Weird. Military types tend to be very liberal.

No, the opposite is true

Not really. Every person in the military I know votes D except one officer. The rank and file generally vote liberal.

military around here means officers for the most part. Grunts tend to be pretty conservative

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Stay away from Liberty if want them to be educated.

Otherwise all public colleges are good.

Liberty is not public.

OP never mentioned public...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I attended university, no one talked about politics although it was a very liberal institution which made me a little uncomfortable at times the way people despised religion. Luckily though politics was in the background. Virginia colleges seemed much more balanced and I wish at times I had attended one of them. Now it seems politics is front and center and very divisive. Are Virginia colleges today more center leaning or do they now have clear political leanings? I'm hoping Virginia colleges are still places where very liberal people to conservative people can attend and feel comfortable.

Grow up.

Stop with the threads about people not being conservative enough or religious enough.

If you want religion in college there are private colleges for that. Otherwise it's comparative religions at a public university. Liberty comes to mind. Sucky education, but religion they got that down.

You don't get to decide how much religion or your ridiculous views get taught at public colleges. JUST LIKE PUBLIC LOWER SCHOOLS>

You seem to have forgotten the USA is made up of people of many religions not just your version of Christianity. Which by the way at this time needs some serious reckoning. Because the Bible says "Thou shall not lie" "thou shall not steal" Yet Trumpers seem just fine with both of those. Hypocrites!

[Anonymous]

I have two kids in Virginia public universities right now. Both report that there are multiple clubs and organizations across the political spectrum. They've seen plenty of signs across the political spectrum this fall.
I think it is possible to either
1. Find the clubs/organizations the share your passionately held political views, or
2. Find non-political clubs/organizations to focus your time and energies on.

As other PPs have noted, there are some outliers, such as VMI (public) or Liberty (private) that really cater to a more narrowly defined view, but any of the public VA colleges/ universities should not be an issue.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't Washington and Lee have a conservative student body? How about U Richmond? probably a mix there

Washington & Lee isn’t conservative. Not sure why you would think so.

Liberty is right or center. But it also isn’t a real university so.

They still honor the legacy of Robert E. Lee. He and his horse are buried on campus.

Just to be clear, I am talking about Washington & Lee here.

would you prefer that they dug them up?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't Washington and Lee have a conservative student body? How about U Richmond? probably a mix there

Washington & Lee isn’t conservative. Not sure why you would think so.

Liberty is right or center. But it also isn’t a real university so.

They still honor the legacy of Robert E. Lee. He and his horse are buried on campus.

Just to be clear, I am talking about Washington & Lee here.

would you prefer that they dug them up?

No kidding. Go look up Yale, Amherst, Stanford and tell me they should be honoring those gems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stay away from Liberty if want them to be educated.

Otherwise all public colleges are good.

Kevin Roose, in "The Unlikely Disciple", did a semester at Liberty (average SAT score: ~1070) from Brown (average SAT score: ~1470), and claims to have worked hard and received a mix of As and Bs, which speaks rather well for them.