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Isn't this one pretty obvious?

If you are not deeply religious and don't have children, what attraction does social conservatism have?

If you don't have much in the way of financial assets, responsibilities, or income, what attraction does economic conservatism have?

Unless you are indoctrinated into a particular tradition as a child, I don't understand why any college student would be a conservative.

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Well, I think the problem from the OP's perspective isn't "why are college students leftists instead of conservatives" but rather "why are college students big-state liberals/state socialists instead of anarchists, libertarians, etc".


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The big reason that few college students are libertarians/anarchists is that very few people in general are libertarians/anarchists. In fact, I am certain that the percentage of libertarians/anarchists is much higher among college students than it is among the larger population.