<p>I might be going out on a limb here, but at least among my friends, there was just as much support for Obama as there was for McCain - and I’m a conservative. My roommate is very liberal. To me, at least, I felt like there was a significant amount of Obama support on campus.</p>
<p>There is a Young Democrats organization, and throughout the months before the election, they had a booth in the commons (the building everyone walks through on their way to class/the library/dinner/etc.) selling “Democrats Are Sexy” t-shirts.</p>
<p>I personally don’t feel like the school is overwhelmingly conservative. It may be conservative by majority, but definitely not overwhelmingly. And I definitely don’t think that a liberal would feel out of place here simply and only because of their beliefs. </p>
<p>If, however, you factor lifestyle/wardrobe/etc. into that scenario, and a person is not the “Richmond” norm in all of those categories, along with being a liberal, then they might feel as if they don’t fit in. And that’s simply because UR has a very cookie-cutter, homogeneous student body. Again, I’m not saying that person would be shunned and have no friends, because that’s not true - it’s just that it would be easier for them to FEEL like the odd man out. But for the most part, I would say students here aren’t afraid to be friends with people who aren’t like them. It’s just rare to find people here who are truly radically different in many different ways, rather than just one or two.</p>
<p>But as far as beliefs go, people with all political beliefs, from very left to very right, can be found here.</p>
<p>Sorry if that answer was confusing. It really just depends on the person, I guess, as to whether or not they would be totally comfortable here. Visiting campus is your best bet.</p>