[ConservativeInPA]

I would venture a guess that there is a relationship, perhaps not a correlation, in how college students and their parents politically identify. Additionally, once these minds full of mush get a real job, get married, have children, and have a mortgage that they become more conservative.

[setter]

“Additionally, once these minds full of mush get a real job, get married, have children, and have a mortgage that they become more conservative.”

I used to think that. Look how many 30+ adults are liberal. Plenty.

[DoodleBob]

I suspect you're correct. There is, however, a tendency toward youngsters to be liberal and wise up/grow conservative as they age. The Boomers were drug-crazed hippies but are largely conservatives nowadays, Gen Xers were depressed, flannel-wearing grungers who are Deplorables by and large. Pod-eating Millenials are realizing socialism sucks when it is YOU who are making money.

I'd love to see a similar study that was conducted 30 and 60 years ago....I bet the kids of the 60s and 90s were liberal losers then, too...they turned out ok and I bet these kids will get hip soon, too.