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<p>Not sure why you’d think that. Carleton—academic home of the late Sen Paul Wellstone, arguably the U.S. Senate’s left-most member in his day—and Macalester have student bodies that are overall very liberal, though the Mac students have a reputation as more activist. St. Olaf, on the other hand, is more middle-of-the-road, that is to say, balanced across the spectrum; plenty of liberals, plenty of conservatives, plenty in-between. But I suspect you’ll find a range of views at almost any good LAC. I’m not sure those in the Midwest are significantly different than their East Coast peers.</p>