<p>I would be pretty surprised if the answer was ‘no’ to your second question, but seeing as I’m not an MIT student or alum I can’t say. But I’m betting that there a lot of people who do get passionate about political ideals, and just as many (or more) who don’t.</p>
<p>And from what I’ve read/heard, MIT leans left but there’s more of a balance at MIT than there is at HYP, but again that’s only word of mouth and shouldn’t be treated as fact.</p>