<p>In terms of political balance, I would say that there are more Libertarian-leaning kids than Republican ones. I think that’s partly due to the popularity of Econ here. We have two active newsmagazines–one conservative (Claremont Independent) and one liberal (Claremont Portside), and from what I’ve observed, the Democrats of the Claremont Colleges are more active than their Republican counterpart (DCC meets at CMC and currently has a CMC student as president). You might notice that the professors in the Econ and Gov departments have a conservative/libertarian slant, but they are all great teachers and none that I have had force their beliefs (I’m a die-hard liberal by the way…). So we’re definitely more balanced than Pomona (or Pitzer), but it’s also very easy to find people of all political perspectives.</p>