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Friday, March 15, 2019

What Conservatives Face on Your Campus

Here's a quick summary:

1.       [Scale from 0 – 10] How welcoming is your campus to Republicans and Democrats?

For Republicans: on average, Republicans answered 4.96; Democrats 5.96; Moderates 5.41
For Democrats: on average, Republicans answered 8.55; Democrats 8.23; Moderates 7.93

2.       Do you ever feel unsafe on campus for having your political views?

37.5% of Republicans answered yes, while 62.5% answered no.
11.5% of Democrats answered yes, while 88.5% answered no.

3.       Do you ever feel unsafe on campus for having your political views?

55.1% of Republicans answered yes, while 44.9% answered no.
15.5% of Democrats answered yes, while 84.5% answered no.

4.       Do you agree with this statement? Student government seats are elected with a political bias rather than by issues facing the campus.

33.81% of Republicans answered yes; 26.33% answered no; 39.86% answered I don’t know.
19.14% of Democrats answered yes; 35.41% answered no; 45.45% answered I don’t know.
25.09% of Moderates answered yes; 26.20% answered no; 48.71% answered I don’t know.

5.       Has a political encounter ever made you contemplate transferring schools?

10.52% of Republicans answered yes.
4.90% of Democrats answered yes.
 

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