<p>How out of place will I be? That is my one drawback with the school...</p>
<p>This question is a so vague. What is a conservative even? How deep are you/ how much do you care about the stuff. Ann Arbor is in my op not even that crazy liberal.
I kno conservative ppl, liberal ppl. Theres bunch of every type.
Why do you think your political views will make you out of place? Do you care about them a lot? They can define your friendships etc? These are legitimate questions.</p>
<p>The overall campus is liberal but you’ll find conservative people everywhere on campus.</p>
<p>There’s cultural conservatives, fiscal conservatives, social conservatives, religious conservatives and National Review came up with one called “crunchy conservatives” a number of years ago…whichever kind you are is OK the campus is big enough that you will find friends.</p>
<p>And you can find friends with liberals, moderates and apolitcal people too.</p>
<p>My son is pretty conservative and we had the same concern; however, Michigan is a large school with all types of students, so you shouldn’t have trouble finding like-minded people if that’s what you want. Son is open minded, so he enjoys hearing other people’s opinions, even if he disagrees.<br>
In this election year, he plans to state that he’s an independent and to avoid arguing politics. We’ll see how that goes…</p>
<p>“Ann Arbor is in my op not even that crazy liberal.”
Ann Arbor is pretty extreme conservative considering the country is center right and Ann Arbor is pretty far left in general. That’s one of the downside of the school.</p>
<p>Do engineering</p>
<p>I have never once heard politics being brought up. No one cares. More important stuff to do.</p>
<p>I am going into engineering…good to hear!</p>
<p>One of my best friends at U of M is a conservative. He has plenty of friends there from all over the spectrum. He doesn’t keep his beliefs hidden, but he’s not combative about them either.</p>
<p>Somehow, we’re great friends despite the U of M/MSU rivalry and our crazy political differences. As long as you’re not in someone’s face about them, no one cares. And if they do, walk away. He gets along just fine with liberals, moderates, etc. Ironically, the only people he can’t stand are religious right people, but that’s a different issue.</p>
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<p>I don’t think this is what you meant to say…
The country is not center-right, btw, bearcats. It’s center. The issues about even out for left/right leans. Yes, more people self-identify as conservative than liberals. At the same time, more self-identify as Democrats than Republicans. But on individual issues, we’re pretty split.</p>
<p>how is this even an issue unless you are interested into getting into a political fight with someone, if thats what you want to do? Your suggesting that everyone around you are going to be liberal hippys who are going to stay away from you just because you are “conservative”.</p>
<p>Friends become friends because they have similar personalities or like similar things, etc.</p>
<p>Conservatives fit in just fine at Michigan. The university has 27,000 undergrads from all parts of the world and the country. Although the faculty is predominently liberal, the student body tends to range from ultra liberal to ultra conservative, the the majority sitting slightly left of center. You could not have a newspaper like the Review thrive on a campus that does not contain conservative students What does not sit well is intolerance. As long as a person is willing to accept and respect other points of view, they will fit in anywhere.</p>
<p>We will literally carve out your heart to use it in a ritual to summon the long gone spirit of Karl Marx.</p>