Poll Finds Moderates and Conservatives Less Comfortable Expressing Their Views on Campus
“said they have felt pressure to align with the dominant political views on campus”
There are no surprises here. Just look at what happens when a conservative figure is invited to speak on a college campus.
From the Daily Northwestern:
Moderates and conservatives feel less comfortable expressing their views on campus.
Most students (64.7%) said they feel comfortable expressing their political views on campus or in their classes. But among NU’s relatively small set of students identifying as politically moderate or conservative, only 25.0% agreed. A majority of moderates and conservatives said they felt somewhat or very uncomfortable expressing their views (58.8%).
Likewise, 30.3% of all students — and 57.6% of moderates and conservatives — said they have felt pressure to align with the dominant political views on campus.
Just 12.9% of students identified as moderate in the poll, and 4.7% identified as somewhat or very conservative. In contrast, approximately 40% of NU students identify as very liberal and another 40% as somewhat liberal.
Student views on campus antisemitism and Islamophobia differ by religion.
Universities like NU have come under scrutiny from the federal government and the public for perceived campus antisemitism, in light of pro-Palestinian campus protests that have occurred in the last two years since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. NU is also currently undergoing several federal investigations relating to antisemitism.
The majority of Jewish students identify antisemitism as a somewhat or very serious problem at NU (63.1%), joined by 30.4% of the whole student body. A smaller number of Jewish students say it is not much of a problem or not a problem (36.9%), along with a slight majority of the whole student body (56.7%).
Three-fifths of Jewish students say they or someone they know have experienced antisemitic behavior on campus (58.0%), along with 19.5% of the student body.
Just under half of all students say Islamophobia is a somewhat or very serious problem on campus at 47.2%, with 36.5% saying it is not much of a problem or not a problem. One-fifth of the student body says they or someone they know have experienced Islamophobic behavior on campus (20.6%). The sample size of Muslim students who responded to the poll was too small to report separate data.
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Now do the workplace. It’s been 10 years since I worked for a Massachusetts high tech startup but at that time there were probably no more than 4-5 of us who weren’t progressive. Most of us kept our mouths shut at least most of the time because the atmosphere didn’t lend itself to our discussion of our views. It’s probably much much worse now.
Even 40 years ago I had an advisee whose politics prof was an avowed Communist. The poor kid was getting lousy grades on fairly good papers, and asked me what he should do. I told him to read all the material he could on the stuff this prof liked, and then shovel it back to him in every paper he wrote. He did that, and ended up with an A in the class.
I always found that lefties are so in love with their socialist/communist BS that they’re easy to scam with more leftist BS. Conservative students often got very good at scamming their leftist profs by writing fawning papers and knowing how to answer exams. Every exam question has the right answer, lots of wrong answers, and the prof’s preferred answer.
Example question: How did Mao treat his fellow Chinese?
Right answer: He murdered more Chinese than any other person in history.
Prof’s answer: He treated other Chinese as his brothers and sisters, and created a wonderful Communist society for them.
Just give the prof’s preferred answer, even though it’s a lie!
“read all the material he could on the stuff this prof liked, and then shovel it back to him in every paper he wrote. He did that, and ended up with an A in the class.”
Then when he’s up for a cabinet or SCOTUS position, some lefty doxxer will certainly find those old papers.
One-fifth of the student body says they or someone they know have experienced Islamophobic behavior on campus (20.6%)
Pose a different question. Do you know a Muslim student? I doubt that 20% of students would answer Yes.
The sample size of Muslim students who responded to the poll was too small to report separate data.
Given the small sample size of Muslim students, it is not likely that 20% of students know a Muslim student.
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