<p>Someone told me that Cornell has the most-left leaning political atmosphere out of all American colleges/universities. Is this true?</p>
<p>nope. too much heterogeneity in the student body for that. I met people at all points in the political spectrum. whoever said that was definitely being hyperbolic, and I would even be surprised if your source was speaking from a point of expertise (current or recent student).</p>
<p>What about Brown and UC Berkeley? </p>
<p>And I’m pretty sure all of the Ivy League colleges are liberal, although some are obviously more so than others.</p>
<p>“whoever said that was definitely being hyperbolic,”</p>
<p>If you listen to some of the “commentators” (especially FOX News type), you’d think the Ivies were conspiring to collectively resurrect Karl Marx or install Angela Davis as President.</p>
<p>Peppino: don’t believe everything people tell you.</p>
<p>Ann Coulter went to Cornell. Can we like, rescind her degree or something?</p>
<p>At least Keith Olbermann went here too, to balance it out. Andrew Ross-Sorkin and Kate Snow, too.</p>
<p>Maybe Hampshire or UC Santa Cruz would be better choices for the ultimate liberal schools. Ithaca is a very liberal town. Cornell is a diverse environment.</p>
<p>No. If I could narrow it down to 3, it would likely be Brown, Amhearst, and UC…basically all the UC locations but most notably UC Berkely</p>
<p>Pretty much all colleges are left-leaning; even moreso in the northeast. Yes, Cornell is liberal, but it’s not like a Brown or Berkeley. While most students are left-leaning, most are also politically apathetic. Cornell has a vibrant conservative/Republican community on-campus as well and they definitely make sure they aren’t ignored. A professor in the law school (Prof. Jacobson) runs a fairly prominent conservative blog, Legal Insurrection. Freedom and Free Societies on campus hosts intellectual events (usually lectures) that are libertarian/conservative.</p>
<p>That person was very wrong. I’d say Cornell is probably one of the most politically mixed universities. It’s true that universities tend to be progressive (not necessarily liberal) simply because they’re places where people are identifying societal problems and trying to move beyond the status quo. Conservatism, by definition, focuses more on maintaining the status quo.</p>
<p>Nope. Yes, it’s probably fair to say most people have liberal beliefs at Cornell, but I feel there’s a lot of mixture as well. Cornell Republicans are pretty active (in my opinion, they are very active because more of the student body is more liberal, so they work harder to get their message out there - but that can good for them too I suppose). There’s also a good mix of people who come to campus - in recent memory, Keith Olbermann, Karl Rove, and Ron Paul have all visited</p>
<p>Compared to UC Santa Cruz? Reed? Humboldt State?</p>