<p>What would you say the general political viiews are of the students and campus overall.</p>
<p>From what i have gathered from reading this board, it seems to be balanced?</p>
<p>I was wondering this too.</p>
<p>It used to be quite liberal - student wise, even radical (I attended in the 1970s). Now I'd say by comparison it's much more conservative on campus, even traditional. </p>
<p>Leon county (where FSU is located) is one of the more liberal counties in Florida.</p>
<p>I lived in Tally 14 years, graduated FSU Law in '88. The student body is considerbaly more conservative than the faculty, and the local government, for that matter.</p>
<p>My D is on campus now and is a member of the College Democrats. She is excited about her role in the upcoming primaries and attends all Dem meetings (one every week) and functions.</p>
<p>Most of her friends are Democrats and they range in age, economic background and region of the country.</p>
<p>toninole... thanks for the info. next fall wil be a very exciting time politically speaking. it wil be the first presidential election my s will get to vote in. he is excited and the college democrats sounds interesting. what type of activiities do they do?</p>
<p>Welcome, georgiadad!</p>
<p>How do you view the performance of FSU Law lately? They've got the best LSAT scores in Florida.</p>
<p>NYCD:</p>
<p>It was the first group my D joined on campus. We're a very political family and even though we've moved 12 times in the last 19 years (we're on our 4th home in 3 years) due to her father's career (Naval submarine officer) we've always managed to become active in the local political scene. The kids have helped out in primaries in NH in '04 when we lived in New England and were loyal volunteers for me in my role as Chair of the Democrats of the small town in Georgia where we lived in '05. I even managed to drag them to phone banking in Washington during our most recent stint near Seattle in '06.</p>
<p>So... D says they started out with simple meet and greet and they eventually began holding voter registration at the union. They've been debating different candidates and my D has joined a sub group for Hillary while some of her friends are big Obama supporters. A few Kucinich people there too.</p>
<p>I have to say this is a weird year for Democrats in Florida, though, because the fight with the national party over moving the primary up to late January resulted in a possible loss of delegates at the national convention. There seems to be an overall lack of enthusiasm for the primary season so far, but I hope it heats up within the next few weeks.</p>
<p>Once the nominees are named both college groups should start organizing phone banking, door knocking, honk & wave and rallies. That is when the real fun begins!</p>
<p>She also says the college Republicans are very active and they're doing the same types of activities.</p>
<p>I think your son will be pleased at the level of activity here no matter his party affiliation. We talked to some of the college Republicans during orientation and they seemed like great kids.</p>
<p>Our D was a little wary that FSU would be too conservative. She was also accepted to UNC Chapel Hill which is a much smaller and VERY liberal school and she knew she'd feel comfortable there, but FSU seemed much more like home (probably since she lived there for a few years while her father attended in the mid 90's). </p>
<p>She's very happy with her choice and she was completely stoked that one of her first classes was an English course based on Jon Stewart's Daily Show and exploration of satire.</p>
<p>thanks for all the great info. while i have a more liberal political view, i think its important to have a balanced campus politically. too much of one view is never good. sounds like fsu has a really healthy mix.</p>
<p>my s is getting increasingly more interested in politics. first step is registering to vote when he turns 18 next month. he is in a club in high school that debates "hot button" political issues each week and then they compete against other schools from time to time. he seems to enjoy that.</p>
<p>i will be sure to mention to him the club your d is in. he starts summer c session in late june.</p>
<p>thanks again.</p>
<p>Georgiadad.. welcome to the board as well. thanks for your input. what is your legal specialty?</p>