By The Free Press | Created at 2024-11-20 02:31:59 | Updated at 2024-11-20 04:42:50
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This editorial was originally published in Publius, an organization of Yale University undergraduates that pens joint op-eds on a range of topics. This piece was published with the approval of at least two-thirds of the group’s members.
We exist in a very progressive space. In a survey of our peers, the Yale Daily News found in October that 82 percent of respondents intended to vote for the Harris-Walz ticket. The divide is larger among the faculty: 98.4 percent of professors’ political contributions went to Democratic-affiliated entities in 2023.
Meanwhile, conservatives are confined to a glum minority. We hear often about how they have it tough, facing ostracization, mockery, and pressure to conform. There may be some truth to this, but we don’t pity our conservative peers.
In fact, we envy them.
