<p>Texas. Liberal.</p>
<p>I'm pretty liberal. I really hate the bible belt :(</p>
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<p>lmao :p (10 chars)</p>
<p>frankenchris1 has "Location: Land of Intelligent Design."</p>
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Anyways, the types of liberals you'll find on college campuses and the Internet tend to be more of the "social libertarian" types, not the "populist" types.</p>
<p>CT and conservative. But truth is, most "educated people" tend to be liberal...</p>
<p>-The Conservative Coot66</p>
<p>I'm a liberal from Texas.</p>
<p>hmm... not true, coot66.</p>
<p>There are more conservatives with college degrees than there are liberals with college degrees.
That fact was told to me by Isaac Kramnick, a very highly regarded Government professor at Cornell University (he's a liberal, btw - big time).</p>
<p>That being said, I'm a conservative in NJ (also Jewish) - unique, I know.</p>
<p>Really Kafka? I didn't know. I read in a textbook (for AP Gov) that most college educated student tends to liberal and sorta stuck with that... Maybe I'll double-check when I'm feeling motivated...</p>
<p>-The Kafkaesque Coot66</p>
<p>I guess I go against the mold here. </p>
<p>I'm a staunch republican. :)</p>
<p>I'm from Northern California and I'm really liberal. Right now I live in a really conservative part of Missouri.</p>
<p>Also, I felt like most people in the Bay Area were liberal, but maybe it's just where I lived.</p>
<p>I'm thinking you see more liberal "intellectuals" because, imho, a liberal view seems to be more idealistic, and intellectuals do like that thinkin'. Correct me if I'm wrong, though.</p>
<p>I lean conservative. An no, not all republicans are uneducated, cousin fu***** rednecks. Ever heard of wall street republicans of orange county republicans? And, I completely agree with you, snoopyiscool. There are tons of pseudo-intellects at my school, who are hardcore anti-christian liberals. Eye-In Stewart anyone?</p>
<p>I'm from a fairly liberal state, a conservative county, and lean liberal.</p>
<p>southern california</p>
<p>conservative.</p>
<p>you guys are saying it wrong: it's not liberal...</p>
<p>it's...</p>
<p>LEHBERAL!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>I'm from a conservative part of New Jersey...but I'm pretty liberal.</p>
<p>"The intellectual community leans heavily to the left, as do the young. It's no surprising that a forum for young intellectuals would have mostly liberals, no matter where they are located."</p>
<p>I think Arbiter got it right. My daughter will be attending Kansas State University in the fall. We are from Connecticut. When we flew out to visit K-State last year, I was expecting a very conservative bent. In addition to being some of the friendliest people I've ever met (which didn't surprise me from what I had been told), I was pleased to find that many of the K-Staters we met were also liberal in their politics and world views. As Arbiter noted, not surprising in a large academic community. That being said, I think that a valuable part of a good education is being exposed to views that are different from your own.</p>
<p>I'm from an ultraconservative, very homogenized county. Outside of where I live, I probably would still be considered a conservative-leaning moderate (and, yeah, ultraconservative in some areas). However, here I am criticized for such ideas as believing stem cell research is alright on embryos from fertility clinics (which will self-abort after four cell cycles) and that, if the mother's life truly is in danger, abortion could be justified (to my neighbors, passive murder is OK, apparently).</p>
<p>I don't necessarily agree that intellectuals in general lean left. I think almost any political view will have its fair share of idiocy and intellect.</p>
<p>I do agree, though, that younger populations lean left. I tend to think that a lot of liberal ideas are difficult to argue with at their surface; this would naturally lend itself to younger minds. (Not to mention that it's becoming less and less socially acceptable to hold conservative views anymore.) So yes, the OP's observations are valid based off of my experiences. Here in central Texas, while I hold more conservative views, I would be hard-pressed to find many peers who agree with me. Plenty of teachers/adults, but not peers.</p>
<p>well... often red and blue are more broken up between city and rural...</p>
<p>but I'm from a "red" state and I'm liberal and can't wait for bush to be gone :D</p>
<p>i live in california and i feel like i'm always being suffocated by conservatives. eeekkkkkkkk</p>