<p>Many of the southeastern and mountain state public schools lean right. I recently spoke with a woman who transferred from UGA (University of Georgia) to Emory University. She was amazed at how much more liberal we are, even though Emory is not an exceedingly liberal institution. If UGA, which has a very significant portion of its students from the liberal Atlanta, can be thought of as conservative, I’m presuming that schools in more rural states will have an even stronger conservative tilt.</p>