A education student newspaper survey of graduating students found that only 6.4% of the people who responded were conservative-leaning after attending the private Ivy League institution.
The survey, conducted by The Crimson, was emailed to all 1,269 graduating seniors and drew a nearly 40% response rate. It found that 4% of graduates from the class of 2022 lean conservative, and 2.4% lean “very conservative.” It also surveyed the students about what their politics were before attending Harvard and found that 7.1% of the graduating class identified as conservative before attending the college. Among the results:
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On the “Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement,” the survey found that 33.8% of graduating students surveyed support the movement and 21.1% oppose it.
When asked about the Biden administration’s decision withdraw from Afghanistan, 42.5% said they hold a favorable view of it, and 21.9% hold an unfavorable view.
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Among the students surveyed, 68.5% also said they hold a favorable view of Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.