<p>As long as you like a good argument, I think you’ll be fine. Most Swatties I know are liberal, but that certainly does not mean that they don’t value diversity of opinion. I know that when I chose Swarthmore, it was important to me that there were multiple voices dissenting from the “accepted” mean, and I’ve found that. The president of the campus Republicans is well liked and respected among my more left-leaning friends. I think Swarthmore isn’t the place if you’re very, very socially conservative and it’s important to you that your friends are, too. </p>
<p>As Burke writes, much of the debate, not only among the faculty but also among the students, revolves around political philosophy/the role of government–discourse among my friends this year was less about current policy, and more about theory.</p>