Walking to the Duke game on Saturday I walked over to the young man handing out these stickers and stuck out my hand. Now that I think of it, like a good dimocrat. The clean cut youngster happy to have a supporter show interest. The popularity of the stickers was low and the youngster was mostly alone. At the bottom of the hill a McCain supporter was handing out "Jackets for McCain" stickers, this I put out my hand for again and got 4. This young man was busy with many requests.
It is not surprising that the students at an engineering school would be conservative leaning. Last year, during the primaries, there were many supporters of Ron Paul, who as we all know is a Republican with Libertarian beliefs. These students are focused on careers in defined fields of study and have pragmatic views on the role of government in the economy. In terms of understanding government these engineering student are more mature in their preferences, having arrived at a philosophy that often takes other citizens years in the professional work force to achieve.
Of course there are balancing factors favoring students from liberal arts schools, namely in socialization skills. At 48 I still haven't mastered either, but who gives a shit.
The walk to the game was worth it, Tech manhandled Duke. That Duke gets beaten by nearly all D1 schools in football is proper, their dominance in basketball is more than they deserve.
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