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Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:18 am to Ag Zwin
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:18 am to Ag Zwin
Some my closest friends are horns. All really good guys.
In the past A&M was the country kids school and Texas was the city kids with a large portion of silver spoon kids.
These days both draw from the same pool of big city kids, although I'm sure A&M still gets a lot more country kids just due to the Ag school degrees.
All my UT friend are uber conservative, but they would all readily admit the school is very liberal today (except for the Greek system which houses most of the "normal" kids).
Aggies all lament how liberal A&M has become, but on a scale of conservative to liberal we are still a very far right leaning institution and probably one of the most conservative public schools in the country. But not near as much as in the past. When, I went here I think Reagan carried like 80+% of the student vote as did Bush. Today it's probably 50:50.
We like to give each other a ton of crap.
In the past A&M was the country kids school and Texas was the city kids with a large portion of silver spoon kids.
These days both draw from the same pool of big city kids, although I'm sure A&M still gets a lot more country kids just due to the Ag school degrees.
All my UT friend are uber conservative, but they would all readily admit the school is very liberal today (except for the Greek system which houses most of the "normal" kids).
Aggies all lament how liberal A&M has become, but on a scale of conservative to liberal we are still a very far right leaning institution and probably one of the most conservative public schools in the country. But not near as much as in the past. When, I went here I think Reagan carried like 80+% of the student vote as did Bush. Today it's probably 50:50.
We like to give each other a ton of crap.
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Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:01 am to MAROON
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All my UT friend are uber conservative, but they would all readily admit the school is very liberal today (except for the Greek system which houses most of the "normal" kids).
Aggies all lament how liberal A&M has become, but on a scale of conservative to liberal we are still a very far right leaning institution and probably one of the most conservative public schools in the country. But not near as much as in the past. When, I went here I think Reagan carried like 80+% of the student vote as did Bush. Today it's probably 50:50.
Again, always cracks me up that people whine about this stuff when the members of the teams they root for are probably 80% on the other side of the fence politically. Doesn't matter the school.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:19 am to MAROON
Everyone of my UT law school friends and just about all the lawyers I know in Dallas are pretty "mainstream" wealthy Dems or Republicans waiting for the deplorables to fade away and take that party back.
In other words, they are conservative on fiscal issues but relatively liberal on social issues. I really don't know any Texas fans who are all in on what is passing for Conservative today.
I for one LIKED the fact that Texas was relatively liberal when I went to school there and I sure as frick hope it doesn't get a rep of getting more conservative/monochrome.
Anyway, the Ags I know are all great. In real life.
In other words, they are conservative on fiscal issues but relatively liberal on social issues. I really don't know any Texas fans who are all in on what is passing for Conservative today.
I for one LIKED the fact that Texas was relatively liberal when I went to school there and I sure as frick hope it doesn't get a rep of getting more conservative/monochrome.
Anyway, the Ags I know are all great. In real life.
This post was edited on 5/10/24 at 11:21 am
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