Wake Forest and Conservatism

We’ve found it to be more Greek and affluent in reality and tone than conservative. It has more conservative students than the average school, but overall a healthy diversity of poltical opinion. It’s definitely more of a country club conservatism than a racist, Bannon-esque conservatism. I could see the predominance of Greek culture and the overtness of the overall affluence potentially being a bigger issue for the student you describe than the general political orientation. Programs are excellent and Wake Downtown is a terrific facility. The leadership is very dynamic, and I think it is trying to move in a positive, progressive direction. We thought the Wake the Vote program to be a model program in bringing students of different opinions together.