I know similar questions have been asked before on this and other social platforms, but they are all somewhat old threads.
The year is 2024, and it’s not hard to see the polarization of the US, and college campuses are divided into red and blue sections (or just a big chunk of blue because colleges tend to be liberal).
More students are liberal AND more professors are liberal or far left compared to the 90s or early 2000s.
We see the facts. The US has too much national debt. Grocery and housing prices are rising. Etc Etc. What we don’t agree is the cause of the facts. Basically, each side blames the other, and both sides think themselves are undoubtedly correct.
In fact, in 2022, a poll says More than 40% of Americans think civil war likely within a decade. I imagine the divide has gotten worse since then, especially with the 2024 election coming up.
Ok, with all that in mind, I’m wondering what’s the political climate like in UWMadison?
If I go out there and state I will vote for Trump, what’s gonna happen?
Will I get my dorm window smashed?
If in the required Ethnics class, I write an essay on how I oppose DEI, what’s gonna happen?
I don’t believe colleges should be an echo chamber, but with the majority (students and professors) being liberals and far lefts, it’s hard to not be one.
Obviously I won’t actually stick out like that, but I also don’t want to be bombarded by liberal values. I’m also not going to intentionally be involved in politics or take politics-related classes.
In fact, my major will be in STEM, so I hope I can avoid much political and emotional discussions.
But I do want to know what I’m getting into.