<p>I think I'll be going to Wake next year, but one of my biggest concerns was the political atmosphere. I know its conservative, but how conservative? I'm open minded and willing to hear other's veiws and beliefs, but I don't know if I can handle being surrounded by Republicans. Is there a strong (or at least noticeable) progressive/moderate contingent at Wake, or is it mad up mostly of Southern Conservatives (which I've had my share of in Florida).</p>
<p>i'm a libertarian.</p>
<p>Wake has a good number of conservatives, as does every southern school. But you will not be uncomfortable on campus.
I am very liberal (and a political science major), and I have never felt out of place.</p>
<p>at the campus day yesterday, a political science professor said he notices liberals more than conservatives in his class.</p>
<p>Last night I wandered around Tribble, and I noticed some of our professors are liberal lunatics. I noticed a couple of doors with looney posters on some of the history professors' doors. Only one professor has such a poster on his door in the political science department. Not many in the econ department.</p>
<p>Like I said, campus is 50-50 leftist and rightist. There are a noticeable amount of libertarians too, they are most present in econ classes. Not many socialists or commies.</p>
<p>noticeable amounts of libertarians! in econ courses! i swear, this school looks better every day. i can't wait until august.</p>
<p>well..im a liberal democrat...and def will try to make a difference in WFU politics.</p>
<p>Crazy liberal here.</p>
<p>Liberal Lunatic speaking here. First, I might remind emsibdn that insulting people might not be the best way to encourage people, democrat or republican, to come here. I rarely call republicans names no matter how vehemently I disagree with their ideas or politics.</p>
<p>That said, that's honestly the first time I have ever heard one of my classmates antagonize me or my party. And I'm one of the crazy liberals who will want to talk to republicans about why they're republican. I've noticed that most of the professors are liberal, as they would be at most colleges. As far as the student body, I feel like I see more of the efforts of the College Democrats, but that might be because I'm looking for them. Unfortunately, I think that the general view is that people here don't care much either way. I think, though I could be wrong, that most of the students did vote in the election (and I'm pretty sure that most voted for Bush), but even on the day of the election, no one was really talking about politics unless they had gone out of their way to volunteer with either College Dems or College Republicans and were somehow helping with Forsythe County Democrats/Republicans.</p>
<p>I guess that I'm saying that I've never felt uncomfortable here.</p>
<p>First of all, ndbisme is a registered democrat*. I'm still not sure how a liberal lunatic is an insult. Maybe it was a freudian slip.</p>
<p>Anyways, the only think that made them lunatic-like, in my view, was the signs they put on their door. Most of them were about Bush.</p>
<p>I also think I saw you yesterday, coming out of Bostwick.</p>
<p>*Did not necessarily vote that way.</p>
<p>Sorry if I took offense where none was intended. I've spent hours defending my views to friends at other schools, and words like lunatic and crazy have come up in a not-so-nice context.</p>
<p>Could not have been me coming out of Bostwick. Sorry.</p>
<p>Ah, blast, I just realized I've been confusing you with linedeacon all this time.</p>