<p>I’m going to have to agree with QwertyKey … Michigan itself is probably not the best college if you’re conservative. I’m from Oakland County (Troy) and most of my friends from there are the rich, white conservative kids, and no offense intended, but I’ve noticed that all they want to hear is their own thoughts, no matter how irrational. I’m not saying all conservatives are like this, and I’ve definitely met some very reasonable conservatives, but to be surrounded by people of a very different political orientation for me was extremely frustrating in high school (perhaps because they were so darned stubborn!), so unless you’re looking to be around people of very different political orientation from you, Michigan might not be your place. I believe only 5% of students here identify as Republican.</p>
<p>I’m taking Polsci 160 (Intro World Politics) and all our papers have been about the objective parts of world politics, so you should be safe. At least, this is taking it with Professor Morrow. He seems pretty moderate to me, some people in my class complain he defends Bush and the Iraq War too much, but I’m used to hearing much, much worse. The only problem a conservative could possibly have in Polsci 160 with Prof Morrow is the chapter about global warming. But, imho, someone who doesn’t even believe that global warming exists and is to some extent affected by human behavior isn’t smart enough to go to U of M anyway. ;-)</p>