re: Why do kids go to college and start leaning left? I have a theory.

My theory is when kids go out “on their own” and realize it’s okay to not be religious and are surrounded by others that aren’t, it opens up the door for becoming more liberal.

And while I mean no offense to conservatives because the majority of my family is ultra-conservative and I still love them, I do believe liberals generally as a whole are smarter than conservatives. So it makes sense if you connect college and more experiences and more interaction with others to achieving a higher overall intelligence level that colleges and its students would lean more liberal.

Don’t forget the economical reality... college students don’t have money, so that in itself leads to them leaning liberal.