TomB, You have a good point. My post was a bit too general. I don't know about all the A&Ms, and State Universities, but know that most of them are "land grant" institutions. A few of the A&Ms are, primarily, African American colleges which may cause them to be more liberal than the others. That, however, is beginning to change toward conservatism among the black voters.
One A&M I am very familiar with. I graduated from Texas A&M in 1957, which had been a total military corps college until 1956. With the military influence, since all students had to be in the corps, that tended to be a very conservative place. Other factors that you mentioned, like veterinary, engineer, programs, were prevalent their, and tended toward conservatism. Also, there was a large group of students studying agriculture, and at those times, they came from individual, or family, farms and ranches, which are usually conservative in their politics.
That was a good catch by you on my overly general observation. |
