How conservative is Notre Dame?

shellzie2006
Sun, 12 Aug 2012 13:56:36 +0000

hahalolk is right, most students at ND are pretty moderate (obviously with some exceptions on both sides), with maybe a roughly 50-50 split of those who lean a little conservative or liberal. However, there is a slight Catholic skew on what issues students tend to be more conservative/liberal on (for example, abortion or Catholic social teaching). I think it actually positively impacts discussion and academic freedom in the classroom and among friends. Students are more moderate so they tend to be a bit more open-minded and less intolerant of opposing viewpoints and having a split between conservatives and liberals (instead of the significant majority liberals enjoy at most other major educational institutions) allows for legitimate debate.