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Poll: Over Sixty Percent of Democratic Students Oppose Sharing Dorm Rooms With Republicans

It is a sign of our times. It used to be that the key criterion for college roommates was whether you are a “partier v. non-partier.” Now, it is just your party.

A new NBC and Generation Lab study of the class of 2025 showed that roughly half of college students refuse to live with someone who voted for a member of a different political party. That percentage is notably much higher with Democrats rather than Republicans.

According to the poll, 46% responded that they would “probably not” or “definitely not” be willing to share a room with someone from another political party. Of those, 62% of young Democrats refused to share a room with a member of the Republican party while only 28% of young Republicans took that position.

That attitude extended to marriage where 52% ruled out a spouse from an opposing party. So much for opposites attracting. Notably, 62% would not work for a company that does not share their political values. It seems Twitter is going to be busy this hiring season.

The poll captures the rising intolerance on our campuses. When I went to college, there was an excitement about meeting and rooming with people from different backgrounds and values. Intolerance has become an article of faith among many students who seek to cancel speakers and professors who hold opposing views.

The poll reflects not just our age of rage but the increasing siloed news consumption of citizens. People now largely remain in echo chambers for news from the left or the right. It appears that such self imposed isolation now extends socially and professionally for the rising generation, particularly for Democratic students.

161 thoughts on “Poll: Over Sixty Percent of Democratic Students Oppose Sharing Dorm Rooms With Republicans”

  1. So whats new. Me tribe better than you tribe. Many steps have been taken but the civilization of the world is far from complete. In the past cancellation was done at the cost of a life. Today cancellation is achieved by limiting a persons ability to make a living. A little better but still not far from a cave man or women. Me no let caveman from across the river in me tent. Me have to see color of their axe before they come in. Me smartest.

  2. Williamdowney5 brings up a good question about polling. Especially if it’s done by the mainstem media, including Fox. Polling can be slanted in any direction by choosing the college, the time of year (after the 1st semester flunkouts depart), the area of the country, university town versus large or midsize city, work experience (a big divider), family income, course major, sex (leave gender for another day), religion or lack thereof, liberal arts or engineering, even the 1st 2nd and 3rd children in a family will have different political outlooks. So, just like poorly done scientific papers, you can determine your outcome before you even do the study. So it’s always important to be sceptical. Use many sources.
    Thats one of the difficulties with all of the gender affirmation treatment and studies. Self reporting, poor design, inherent bias by the group doing the study, lack or randomization, lack of double blind, short term, small study groups, statistically significant or not. Virtually all studies come from groups or medical institutions with their futures riding on the income from the treatment.
    I suspect that gender dysphoria should mainly be treated with non invasive means but there is so much noise, politics, and lousy studies it’s difficult to tell. It’s more like polling than science

    1. ” Virtually all studies come from groups or medical institutions with their futures riding on the income from the treatment.”

      The above is what many don’t seem to understand and supporters of invasive treatments don’t want to hear.

    2. Rasmussen is the only poll I trust. They’re Republican, but Rasmussen has been far more accurate than the others, Republican or Democrat, over the last several election cycles.

      Many polls are just push polls to gin up fundraising and get out the vote. The parties wouldn’t have internal polling if they really trusted what is made public.

  3. Reading the posts of our lefties.

    There are two common threads: bitterness and sour comments.

    Frankly, it is a tribute to our good nature (and optimism) that so many Republicans are still willing to room with lefties.

  4. Once again the party of diversity and inclusion shows itself to be exactly the opposite. HYPOCRITES!!!

      1. What standards would those be?
        Like, getting children 6-8 years of age to question their sexuality, when the children dont even understand the concept of sex? They still believe in Santa Claus.
        Separating children in to different classes based on skin color?
        Calling math racist? Or showing your work is racist?
        No longer having to prove you can read, write or do math and still graduate from high school?
        Getting rid of grades. Those are racist too.
        How about denying that straight A student to a STEM school for equality?

        Oh, yes, Dems have such higher standards.

  5. Feel free to disagree, but when millennials and downward were kids I actually thought to myself that with their deficiencies they would likely bring us to the brink of Civil War, if not a global one, or at the very least would bring the country to its knees. Here we are, the pot boiling, and still no one wishes to discuss the manner in which they were raised or educated or be honest about the mental state at play. Kind of like how no one wants to discuss mental illness or addiction in tandem with homelessness. This is not how we solve problems. The best we can hope for now is that they will be something of a lost generation like their grandparents. I see signs of that, it offers a soupçon of hope.

  6. Well, 60% is less than the percentage of southern democrats who wouldn’t share a bus with Rosa Parks. Racism just bolsters in the ideology of the left but there is hope…

  7. DAMN RIGHT DEMOCRATIC STUDENTS DON’T WANT TO BUDDY UP TO REPUBLICANS! WHY SHOULD THEY? 80% OF REPUBLICANS BELIEVE THE 2020 ELECTION WAS STOLEN AND THAT TRUMP WON. WHO THE HELL WANTS TO LIVE WITH REPUBLICANS DELUSIONAL ENOUGH TO BELIEVE TRUMP’S BIGASS LIE THAT BIDEN STOLE THE 2020 ELECTION FROM TRUMP!
    You would have to be a nutcase to want to live with Republican students who believe the 2020 election was stolen. Who in their right mind wants to hear any Republican piss and moan about losing the 2020 Presidential election?
    Turley, just face the jury and answer the question: DO YOU BELIEVE THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS STOLEN?

      1. Hell, Stacey “Aunt Jemima” Abrams still believes she in the governor of Georgia! Come on, man! You know….the Thing.

        2. “Stacey “Aunt Jemima”” Really?
          You are a prime example of a roommate from hell. Look in the mirror, you are a classic reason no Demo would want to room with you.

      2. I’m a dyed in the wool Democrat and I know Trump won in 2016. As far as the 2000 election, I blame Jeb Bush for Gore’s loss as Bush had over roles scrubbed of many minority voters.

    2. Yes. Without a doubt it was stolen. It was a ‘selection’ rather than an election, conducted by liars, thieves, cheats, fools, and pretenders. Are YOU admitting to actually voting for Basement Joe, the mental vegetable that is barely “occupying” the office now? Maskurbating not only makes one blind, it promotes TDS, and ultimately unmasks one’s ignorance….and yours is profound. You obviously are a sick puppy…seek help!

      1. You talk with such conviction about a stolen election. Where is the proof? 60 court cases, not once did anybody bring into the court proof of a stolen election. Please tell me, what proof do you have? In Arizona the Repo party did a recount, they found Biden had more votes than previously thought. Stolen election? The only fraud I have seen in the 2020 election is several Repos voting twice. How is that proof of a stolen election for Biden?

        You throw out some specific terms, “Basement Joe”, “mental vegetable”, “Maskurbating”, are you stuck in 2nd grade? trump talks about other people like he’s still in 2nd grade. I guess you are following his lead and thinking that calling people names (like 2nd graders do) makes you look intelligent?

        When I was in college, I certainly did not want to have a roommate that called people 2nd grade names.

    3. An 18 year old high school graduate rarely has enough real-world adult experience to firmly identify with the American GOP or the Democrat Parties. At best, they are Independent truth be known, and a great many of them want a solid education and don’t think politically.

  8. I worked for my sister and her husband when they ran the farm at an Iowa County Home. The residents had various mental disabilities and we would allow those capable to work along side us. I would welcome any one of them to be my dorm mate at college, but not if their disability was TDS.

  9. One can talk and reason with a old school republican, it’s almost impossible to talk and reason with Trump supporters. And there is a yuge difference.

    1. That’s because liberals are reality impaired, and who wants to have a “discussion” with that?

      1. Thanks for proving the point Kyle. Your answer is exactly what someone would expect from a Trump supporter.

        1. Fish Wings….I have read your posts. here for over a year…or two….and I can assure you that you would not like sharing a Dorm Room with me as at some point I would be the sole occupant….especially if it the room was well up near the top of the building. Your arrogance is only exceeded by your gross lack of social skills as exemplified by your comments here….and you can use the instant exchange you had with Kyle.

      2. ” liberals are reality impaired”

        Who believes the 2020 election was stolen? Where are the facts, court cases to back this up? Who wants to jail teachers and librarians for talking about same sex partners?

        Perhaps you should take your blinders off and look around a bit.

        1. Democrats wrecked chain-of-custody balloting. That’s like outlawing DNA tests for criminal suspects. Proving you stole the election is as hard as proving you won the election.

        2. “Who believes the 2020 election was stolen?”

          “Stolen” might be the wrong word. How about “redirected,” by the FBI in cahoots with Twitter, Facebook, et al.

        3. “Who believes” that: Afghanistan was a success, that inflation is transitory (or caused by Putin), that men can get pregnant, that political dissenters are domestic terrorists, that children should be re-gendered by their teachers, that a tax-and-spend bill fights inflation, that kneecapping the energy industry is good for the economy, that you cannot get or spread Covid if you are vaccinated, that to fight “disinformation” the DHS should impose censorship, that the DOJ/FBI are not creating political “criminals,” that Biden is of sound mind and body (and that he’s really the president)?

          The Left is not only “reality impaired.” It is pathologically delusional.

    2. It is impossible to talk reason with a Dem leftist.
      They cannot define what a woman is. Unless they are a biologist.
      As late as 2019, Hillary Clinton was still insisting the election was stolen from her.
      Dem leftists see nothing wrong with sexualizing aka grooming children, and claim parents who want some say in their children’s education are terrorists.
      Four years of Russiagate.
      Mis-use of a pronoun is sexual harassment.
      Teaching children they are oppressed or oppressors and to either hate others or themselves based on skin color.
      The 2020 summer of love, fiery but mostly peaceful protests are okay. A three hour riot at the Capitol, and a guy with buffalo horns, nearly toppled the government.

      Yeah, yuge difference is right.

      1. Upstate, when talking to FishWings, you might as well be talking to one of your cows. At least at the same time you could derive some benefit, milk.

          1. 🙂

            You are right. Cows know nothing about chromosomes X and Y yet they can find the opposite sex without any help.

    3. RE:” it’s almost impossible to talk and reason with Trump supporters.” Also sprach FishWings!, The pot calling the kettle black!.

  10. I’m not a believer in polling basically due to the fact that services asking and reporting poll numbers often have a bias toward left or right. Polling responses depend on how the questions are worded.

    One needs to understand how the “representative” group was chosen and the demographics. For example what colleges/universities were sampled? How many 18 to 22 year olds were involved?

    How many are registered to vote and where are the respondent from? Does the sample include students who are not registered to vote or how many respondents are registered as independent or unenrolled?

    Having asked those questions the survey illustrates the division in the United States. Why are students who identify as Democrats so unwilling to room with a student who identifies as Republican? Put another way, why are students who identify as Republicans more open to rooming with a member of the opposite party?

    Abraham Lincoln “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”

    1. “why are students who identify as Republicans more open to rooming with a member of the opposite party?”

      Because there is a tendency amongst Democrats to think that Republicans are evil or morally bankrupt while Republicans tend to think Democrats are just mistaken in their reasoning or haven’t heard arguments deeper than a straw man for the Republican perspective.

      Case in point–I had my integrity impugned by Democrats because I didn’t want to get the injection. I didn’t get solid arguments and evidence; I got name-called and shamed.

  11. So think about this for a minute. Half of the people in the Repo party believe the 2020 election was stolen. There is not a single fact or even reputable news organization that puts forth such nonsense. Over 60 court cases and no facts were put forth. Do you want to share part of your life with someone so whacked that they believe something that did not happen just 2 years ago? The Repo party is no more, it is the trump fascist party. Intolerance? How about a party that openly bans books. Openly wants to put teachers and librarians in prison because they might mention that some people sleep with someone of the same sex.

    Certainly there are whacked Demos, but they don’t hold a candle to the trump fascist party (formerly known as Repo party).

    Who wants to ban books? Repos. Who has passed laws to lock up teachers and librarians in jail? Repos. Who believes the 2020 election was stolen despite 60 court cases where not a single piece of evidence was placed before a judge? Repos.

    Sure, throw out your catch phrase words “National Socialist Democracy Party”, Socialist, etc. A far right wing congresswoman, Liz Cheney, was censured by her party. Why? Because she tells the truth about trump. A far right state representative in Arizona is censured by his party, why? because he told the truth about the Arizona election. Does this sound like people intelligent people would want to associate with? Does this sound like a party that believes in the big tent? Welcoming to people with different beliefs? Not at all.

    Repos. go ahead, live in your fantasy land, let’s see how the November election turns out.

    1. Thank you for proving my point. 🙄 Who wants to listen to regurgitated MSNBC taking points all year? 👎🏻

      1. What specifically is a talking point? Please point to specific points that are not true.

        Was liz Cheney censured? Was the Arizona state rep censured? Why where they censured. Are there now laws on the books to send teachers and librarians to jail if they talk about same sex partners? Half of the Repos believe the 2020 election was stolen. Could you please point to some facts to back this up.

      2. He is in debt with his college loans and has to make money somehow. If only Biden had forgiven more.

  12. We know that there is no hope when the response to an essay like this becomes a “grammar thing.” Must be no substance to the person’s arguments.

  13. There’s definitely more political hysteria on the left — and before some apologist points to Jan. 6th, I would remind them of the year-long arson spree the left engaged in, not to mention the academic cancellations that have no end in sight. So let’s not insult everyone’s intelligence by comparing a 4-hour selfie fest at the Capitol with years of hysterical and destructive rampaging by Democrats. It’s bad enough that brain-dead Nancy Pelosi was able to get that hoax in motion, but saner people ought not perpetuate it. No doubt those Democratic college students don’t want to bunk with a Republican less out of fear of physical harm than of fear that they might have to listen to another point of view once in a while. When your own ideological castle is built on sand, it’s impossible to defend it when confronted with a more accurate analysis.

  14. RE:” People now largely remain in echo chambers for news from the left or the right…” Clearly, as exhibited recently in the conversation between Bill Maher and Rob Reiner. Maher countered Reiner’s doubts about the veracity of the circumstances surrounding the Zuckerberg admission with…”that’s because you only listen to MSNBC.”

  15. The decline in the teaching of Latin causes us to disregard the singular/plural distinction of some words. This disregard is so common that it may no longer be improper to ignore the distinction. For example, should stadium pluralized to stadia or stadiums? It is usually the latter, although that is bad Latin. Data is the plural of datum, but it often treated as a singular. Same with media, the plural of medium. American schools have almost killed off Latin, just as they earlier killed off Greek. Classical education in general, once the mainstay of Anglo-American education, is almost gone.

  18. Go on Match and it is shocking how many women will have “No Trump voters” as a non-negotiable requirement.

    Far fewer Republican women will have a similar statement about Democrats.

    Tells me two things:

    (1) The extent of TDS, and

    (2) How many women (typically older, less attractive, and strident) sabotage their chances of meeting someone.

    I have gained an understanding of why there are so many articles about the shortage of good men.

    One comment. As long as there are sites like “seeking”, where younger women look for sugar daddies, these women are not missed.

    1. MC, they’re looking for Mr. Goodbar, too. Young, leftwing, professional women who want a man they can take a bite out of and put back in the frig. They’re cynical about men because of all the drivel they were fed in college, and marriage might slow their careers.

      That is a personal choice of theirs that I can accept, but the men available for such a job description are not marriage material. It only reinforces the cynicism among such women. I guess that makes them happy–until it doesn’t.

      And if you think TDS is getting bad, get this: a friend sends his bright son to a local academy which is populated with a lot of rich-liberal kids. This young man is not very political, but apparently, many of the girls prefer to date other girls, anyway.

      Our society is getting hopelessly decadent and too many young women are both the victims and carriers of the disease. Joy Reid is patient zero.

      1. Diogenes,
        Selling young women the “victimhood of the Patriarchy” argument is due to our (yes, I’m a woman) own willingness to buy into that garbage. The ones who do not, are in high demand. Remember, this all started to reveal itself when Gloria Steinem made popular the statement, “a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle”. This crap needs to be rooted out wherever and whenever it presents itself.

        1. Good point, Toostiebug. Traditional women make better wives and bosses, IMHO. It’s probably because they have enough agency not to believe whatever their professors or HBO tells them.

          1. RE:”Traditional women make better wives and bosses,..” On the other hand, in my coming up, a ‘traditional’ woman could also one whose mother trained to grow up to become “Mrs.Doctor’ ,to live a life of leisure with all the ‘bells and whistle’s attendant to same. A college experience was merely an opening of the door to meeting one. Should the relationship fail, a skilled family law attorney could certain that the benefits package would continue uninterupted.in that she had no means of self-sufficiency to fall back on. her college degree being of little use in the real world.

        2. RE: ” “a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle” The gender are a basket of contradictions, often working for their own personal best interests and against their own collective best interests. Recently posted elsewhere, the poster image for a video game. A well-endowed ‘lovely’ decked out in most revealing medieval armor and weaponry willingly being exploited by the photographer’s lense for the the fee. A fantasy to say the least, for anyone, preference notwithstanding. Not much has changed since the centerfold days of the ’50’s. Only back then I never heard it suggested that ‘Playboy’ and ‘Penthouse’ weren’t only men’s magazines. Today, that certainly might be a reality.

  19. Very simple reason.
    As is exhibited here on a daily basis, the beliefs of Democrats never hold up to debate. Of course no Democrat whats a free open discussion of ideas. Much easier to yell HATER!, like Chris “chameleon” Cristy

  20. “key criteria .. was” ????
    Can you tell singulars from plurals?  Also, do you have an error-inserter that ensures you have dangling modifiers  every few sentences?
    just asking

    1. “Can you tell singulars.. ”

      You have the wrong blog.

      Type in ‘thegrammarpolice.com”
      That will make your day go better

    3. robert weisberg: So, when you can’t counter his argument, you do what? Correct his grammar and spelling?

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