I recommended to my kids that they consider the political situation when choosing colleges. We live in a very Blue area. I thought that it was important that they learn to recognize that there is intelligent life on both sides of the aisle. My view is that there is way too much acrimony and it isn’t productive acrimony.
I remember the tour of Swarthmore when I asked who there is to argue with if everybody is liberal. Without batting an eyelash, the tour guide said that there were different degrees of liberal so it wasn’t a problem. Of course it’s a problem!