Atmosphere/Opinion of Georgia Tech?

G.P.Burdell
Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:19:49 +0000

Regarding politics, I don’t think I’ve heard too much politics being thrown around on campus, so I would consider campus more politically agnostic than anything.



That’s probably the best description of campus. You won’t be “indoctrinated” either way in classes. Out of the 1000 faculty on campus, only 21 (2.1%) donated to political campaigns in the 2008 presidential election with a 2:1 democrat to republican ratio. If you look at similar schools, UIUC (with 3000 faculty) had just over 300 faculty donate (10%) at a 10:1 democrat to republican ratio. MIT (also with 1000 faculty) had 308 faculty donate (30.8%) with a ratio of almost 25:1 democrat to republican.

On campus you’ll see both the college republicans and democrats on campus, but neither dominates the other. When a campaign occurs, both parties stop by (both Barack Obama and John McCain made campaign stops). In early 2008, there were about the same number of Ron Paul signs on campus as there were Barack Obama signs.

There are political discussions on campus, but they are balanced. There’s not nearly the conflict between groups that you’ll see elsewhere. Tech is the most politically neutral college I’ve ever visited.