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> There is no pretending that this is an accident, given that conservatives outnumber liberals by ~40% in the general population! Age and conservatism are larg
by legitster 4y ago
> There is no pretending that this is an accident, given that conservatives outnumber liberals by ~40% in the general population!
Age and conservatism are largely linked, so I would take this with a grain of salt as your average college class is going to be very young.
- marcusverus 4y agoYou are entirely correct. I found a Pew study[0] that breaks down the political leanings of Millennials, and it tracks very closely to the Harvard numbers: 57% fall into either "Consistently Liberal" or "Mostly Liberal", while only ~12% fall into "Consistently Conservative" or "Mostly Conservative". [0]https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2018/03/01/the-generation-gap-in-american-politics/030118_o_5/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2018/03/01/the-generati...