Dartmouth Study Finds Democrats Are The Least Tolerant Students On Campus

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The Federalist

Bre Payton

Apr. 26 2017

 

A new survey of students at Dartmouth College found that those who identified as Democrats are the least tolerant on campus.

In the campus-wide field survey, students of all political stripes were asked how comfortable they would be about living with a roommate who holds opposing political views. Of the 432 students surveyed, only 39 percent of students who identified as Democrats said they would feel comfortable living with a Republican, 16 percent said they felt neutral about the proposed arrangement, while 45 percent, a plurality, said they felt uncomfortable.

 

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It also makes sense that Republican students are the most comfortable about living with those who hold opposing political views, because conservative college students often find themselves as a political minority on campus. If conservative students refused to live with their liberal peers, it would be more difficult to find a roommate.