Political Environment at Mines
Just curious: What’s the political environment like at Mines? I suspect it’s fairly conservative as colleges go. Any thoughts?
Posted Dec 22, 2020, 2:49 AM UTC
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It's pretty conservative. You'll be able to find your crowd no matter your leaning though. I would say the more conservative groups are the Petroleum department and the football team. On the other hand we have an active LGBTQ+ club on campus, housing specifically for queer people, and the multicultural engineering program.
There used to be an active Republican club but the president went on a racist rant on Facebook so I don't know if the club is still doing stuff...
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I’m just a freshman but it seems like a pretty mixed bag to me. Most keep to themself like you would expect in a professional setting and it may be slightly more conservative than your average college campus but honestly I don’t even notice a political environment in general and it’s quite refreshing- everyone’s just vibin while working hard. You can read this post here which had a lot of solid commentary but if it’s a concern for you one way or another, I wouldn’t be concerned at all.
Thanks for sharing your perspective and linking to that thread.
I agree with TXRhett, its really mixed and you can find people with your same mindset, or you can avoid the conversations all together. Its honestly a pretty open-minded campus and you won't find conflict unless you look for it, people are pretty good about having civil and professional discussions about differing opinions (politically and in other areas).
Great to hear. Thank you!