<p>Just curious, would you say that the there was a more liberal political atmosphere on campus or conservative? Do you think the teachers are more liberal or more conservative?</p>
<p>Overall liberal - although you definitely get your fair share of conservative groups and demonstrations. Anyone remember the anti-abortion display on library walk? So gross</p>
<p>Almost all campuses are swaying towards the liberal side (youth demographic), but not all of us are Berkeley’s or Kent State’s.</p>
<p>Pretty liberal.</p>
<p>Many of my professors made not so veiled attacks on the Republican party during lectures and the whole classroom laughed.</p>
<p>Overall, the student body and faculty both lean to the liberal side However, most of my professors successfully hid their personal viewpoints and tried to be as impartial as possible.</p>
<p>It’s as you’d expect a California public school to be. Though like someone said earlier, not Berkeley-level liberal.</p>
<p>The People’s Republic of Berkeley is changing. I’ve read a few papers penned by their profs which are actually pretty level and not biased one way or the other.</p>
<p>Professors for the most part are pretty level-headed but you get the sense that some may be liberal. Students are pretty liberal/moderate, though you will definitely meet your fair share of conservatives. If I recall there are a lot of libertarians too.</p>
<p>@ oldmanbiker</p>
<p>Being liberal is almost normal nowadays. Those professors want to be different and enlightened with their nontraditional lack of strong bias. lol</p>
<p>i would say liberal. during orientation, the provost asked those who considered themselves liberal to raise their hands and then asked those who considered themselves convservative to raise their hands.</p>
<p>looking around i would say the ratio of liberal to conservative is at the very least 3:1</p>
<p>I’m surprised s/he did a show of hands stunt.</p>
<p>The conservative types I know have a "none of your **** business attitude. The liberals I know will talk your ear off for an hour and then some. This came out of research on exit poll interviews and why they are grossly inaccurate. That’s why you don’t see exit polling so much any more, widely discredited.</p>
<p>I’m confident it is not 3:1. I tend to believe the campus has a liberal bent (as is common these days in UC), but is generally level. IMO, this is the way you want it. Our political system depends on vibrant sides expressing their views, and then a good compromise comes out in the wash.</p>
<p>What is missing today is civility and respect for differing views. Heck, some guy got his finger bitten off in a health care demonstration this week? What’s up with that???</p>
<p>it’s closer to 2:1 than 3:1… UCSD is full of young people and ~35% of them qualify for pell grants making them poorer than the typical american. Those two things add up to make a pretty liberal campus.</p>
<p>Also, the liberals (typically) are also much more vocal about their political beliefs. There are exceptions obviously.</p>
<p>Among young people, saying that you are a conservative won’t go over too well…</p>