<p>Is the campus atmosphere in Columbia more liberal or conservative?</p>
<p>new york city…liberal…but theres a lot of diversity so you’ll find people of all views but i’d say mostly liberal</p>
<p>I don’t know that many Republicans. They’re pretty rare. I consider myself more conservative than the average Columbia student, and I’m not a hard-line Republican by any means. If you’re politically active, you’ll find a definite conservative/Republican group on campus, but still, sitting in a John Jay lounge debating politics, anticipate being somewhat outnumbered in most arguments, although certainly not alone on the conservative side.</p>
<p>I’d say you have to be smarter to be conservative at a place like Columbia, so what they lack in quantity they more than make up for in quality of argument. From the students I know, there’s more traditionalist libertarianism than conservativism among even self-described conservatives. You’ll find less talk of Tea Parties and more of Nisbet and Austrian school economics.</p>
<p>columbia has always described itself as a really liberal school. so like the other said, the atmosphere is definitely liberal, being in nyc and all. but you’ll find a few conservatives in the bunch</p>
<p>It’s liberal, but it’s also quite tolerant. Generally speaking (with the caveat that making generalizations about such diverse and highly opinionated groups of people is inherently fraught with difficulties), students are registered Democrats and very politically correct, but aren’t terribly partisan. Conservative students aren’t discriminated against, but many conservative positions are seen as discriminatory and unfair, and are therefore opposed. But there are conservative organizations and many conservative students on campus, so as long as you’re tolerant and open to others’ viewpoints, you should be fine.</p>