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The Rise of Young Republicans on America’s College Campuses

When Donald Trump was first elected president, universities set out milk and cookies for rattled undergraduates. College students who wore MAGA hats were berated by classmates. This time around those same hats are eliciting fist bumps and nods. College conservatism hasn’t gone mainstream on left-leaning campuses. But the stigma against Republicans is lifting.  Supporters of the new president on campus say they now feel more comfortable acknowledging one another in public. And membership at long-moribund college Republican clubs around the country is up, according to interviews with students at a dozen schools. 


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