When forming friendships, nearly 70% of Brown students said it's important to share political perspectives

Respondents were asked: When forming friendships, how important is it to you that your political opinions align?

With smaller sample sizes, the likelihood of misrepresenting certain groups in a cross-tabulation increases. The Herald’s goal is to minimize the risk of representing any group inaccurately, so we omitted or combined certain populations from which we did not collect enough responses. n = 1,368.
Chart: Ciara MeyerSource: The Herald's Fall 2025 PollCreated with Datawrapper