Conservative Public Universities

[RFayette]

I doubt the faculties of many public universities could be considered "conservative" (their livelihoods are DIRECTLY tied to more government spending and higher taxes), but there are certainly varying degrees.  For example, though both are liberal, the University of Iowa is certainly a bit more liberal than the University of Illinois.

Indeed.  The best bet would be Deep South universities, in which the white vote is so overwhelmingly GOP that even professors likely are influenced to some degree by conservative thought.  Also, community colleges in ultra-conservative counties in the Great Plains may show a similar trend.

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This is the SEC ranked by the % Obama got in each campus's county in 2012:

Obama 65.3%   South Carolina            Richland
Obama 62.8%   Georgia                  Clarke
Obama 58.3%   Vanderbilt               Davidson
Obama 57.7%   Florida                  Alachua
Obama 51.8%   LSU                     East Baton Rouge
Obama 50.2%   Mississippi State         Oktibbeha
Obama 50.2%   Missouri                  Boone
Obama 49.3%   Kentucky                  Fayette
Romney 56.3%   Arkansas                  Washington
Romney 56.8%   Ole Miss                  Lafayette
Romney 58.1%   Alabama                  Tuscaloosa
Romney 59.1%   Auburn                  Lee
Romney 63.6%   Tennessee                  Knox
Romney 66.5%   Texas A&M                  Brazos


That looks about right, I think. Maybe we should look at precincts.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Princeton Review went from not ranking Auburn to putting them #1 on the most conservative list. I'm not sure what's up there, but they make be duking it out with Ole Miss for that #2 spot behind TAMU.

[RFayette]

An interesting question is how white students voted in each of those universities.  I'd suspect it's be pretty strong for Romney in TAMU, Ole Miss, Alabama, and South Carolina.

[gespb19]

I've never understood why Tuscaloosa is so conservative, pretty sure they went for Santorum in the 2012 primary (as did Lee County, Auburn U).

[gespb19]

An interesting question is how white students voted in each of those universities.  I'd suspect it's be pretty strong for Romney in TAMU, Ole Miss, Alabama, and South Carolina.

Don't know about the others, but I'd be interested to see the results at Ole Miss. I know a guy there who just won a student government Senate election and he ran on a progressive platform (i.e. pushing the university to rid itself of all confederate imagery, supporting a new state flag, etc). Overall it probably leans conservative but liberals do exist there too. I also know some folks up there that are Libertarian-ish.

[Bigby]

Does anyone have the voting statistics for Georgia Southern from 2004, 2008, and 2012? I'm curious to see of GSU is a conservative university or not now. It seems to be, but there are also a few liberals here.