Conservative first-years interested in economics, while liberal ones interested in political science, poll suggests

Conservative first-year students are more likely to want to study economics while liberals are eyeing a degree in political science, data from The Herald’s First-Year Poll shows. On the other hand, 7.6% of students who identify as very liberal intend to study political science, compared to 4.6% overall. Among first-year students who identify as very liberal, political science is the most popular intended concentration. The political science department tends to attract liberal students “who are especially politically engaged or outspoken,” he wrote. But he found that both the political science and economics departments were “open to diverse viewpoints.”