TSL’s data desk polled 237 students across all 5Cs ahead of midterm elections this fall. Students polled overwhelmingly identified themselves as on the political left, and 89.1% of survey participants said they would vote for Democratic candidates in the midterm elections, 4.1% selected Independent, 2.7% selected Republican and 4.1% selected ‘other.’
Tag: Republican
Claremont community voice opinions on Trump in wake of ‘No Kings’ demonstration
On Oct. 18, over 1,500 people gathered at the intersection of Foothill and North Indian Hill Boulevard to participate in a “No Kings” protest.
Conservative student groups host vigil for Charlie Kirk
Over 20 5C students gathered in memory of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk at Claremont McKenna College on Thursday night. Kirk was fatally shot in the neck while on stage at Utah Valley University Wednesday.
OPINION: Your guide to the off-year 2025 elections
Disappointed by the 2024 election results and wondering what’s next? Akshay Seetharam HM ’27 breaks down the key off-year races in 2025, from state Supreme Court battles in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania — where ideological control is up for grabs — to New York’s mayoral free-for-all. With courts at risk of shifting conservative and governorships on the line, these elections are an early test of the post-Trump landscape.
OPINION: We don’t need bipartisanship; we need unity rooted in liberation
We need to build unity around progressive policies and not just settle for bipartisanship, says Aarushi Phalke PO ’24.
OPINION: Political beliefs are valid criteria for choosing friends
We’ve come to a point where it’s impossible to separate politics from your personal values and moral code, so caring about who someone votes for shouldn’t be treated as irrational, writes Emma Mansour SC ’24.
OPINION: American politics is a brute and drooling slop
Political parties are the clashes of pointless policy, argues Patrick Hutecker HM ’24. He’d rather move to Yosemite than join Congress.
The bassline: A Swift transition from ‘Red’ to blue — Taylor Swift’s political fight
Music columnist Kyla Walker PO ’22 explores Taylor Swift’s whirlwind transition from political privacy to political activism in “Miss Americana.”
Claremont trustees have donated more than $7 million to political causes since 2015, with CMC leading the way
Members of the 5Cs’ boards of trustees have donated more than $7.3 million to political candidates and committees since 2015, a TSL analysis of Federal Election Commission data found.
A CGU alum helped create a Republican gerrymandering strategy. Now, his work is at the center of the census legal case
Thomas Hofeller, who graduated from Claremont Graduate University in 1975, helped the Republican Party develop its gerrymandering strategies.