<p>I'm pretty vocal about my views. I by no means try to force them on anyone or anything, but I'm ready to debate if I feel something is wrong. Will I be alienated at W&M as I would at some other schools. How liberal is the school? I'm a liberal and prefer a mix of both liberals and conservatives to even out the campus. I don't want it extremely slanted in one way or the other. Is it moderate?</p>
<p>Are there any politically active groups on campus (College Dems/Repubs, Debate, Model UN?)</p>
<p>W&M is probably 70% liberal and 30% conservative, I'd estimate. But that's if you have to label students as liberal or conservative. Most of the student body is pretty moderate and very accepting on most issues.</p>
<p>Also, liberals aren't alienated at W&M. A staunch conservative will get much more flak for their political views than a staunch liberal.</p>
<p>There are college republicans and college democrats groups on campus and our international relations club/model UN team is big and apparently pretty good: Model</a> U.N. team brings home championship from China | University Relations. There's also a debate club that goes around to other schools and participates in debate tournaments, but most of their debate questions aren't political... it's stuff like "if you had to get rid of cheese or the internet which would it be?"</p>
<p>I transferred to W&M from George Mason, and I must say that the atmosphere was much more contentious there. I am a Conservative and was very involved in College Republicans at my former school. I find that at W&M the College Republicans are a lot less active on campus and I would attribute this in part to the more moderate temperament. I think the proportions that Datkid gave are spot on. And conservatives will catch more flack than would an equally vocal liberal. This though is to be expected as Universities generally tend to be more left leaning. I would say that as far as being alienated, I don't know if that is even possible at The College. People tend to be pretty politically accepting and you should be able to build a diverse or homogeneous group, depending on what you choose.</p>