Pitrus restarted Duke College Republicans to give Republican students a space on campus to unite around shared conservative values and support the election of Republican candidates. Pitrus follows the Duke Students for Trump Instagram account, which he says is the only semblance of Republican mobilization at Duke this election season. While some faculty have identified a perceived lack of ideological diversity on campus, it remains unclear whether the problem is rooted in a lack of conservative representation on campus or existing conservative perspectives being stifled by the dominance of liberal rhetoric in higher education.