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Reread my previous message, what those people identify as and their actual politics and views on policies are very very different.

>conservatives outnumber liberals by ~40% in the general population! [1]

You seem to have misunderstood the article you cited, from the article:

>The percentage calling themselves conservative has been steadier over time and, at 36%, is the same today as in 1992.

No, he hasn't. Conservatives are 0.36 of the general population, which is ~40% higher than the 0.25 that are liberals.

> There is no pretending that this is an accident, given that conservatives outnumber liberals by ~40% in the general population!

Age and conservatism are largely linked, so I would take this with a grain of salt as your average college class is going to be very young.

You are entirely correct.

I found a Pew study[0] that breaks down the political leanings of Millennials, and it tracks very closely to the Harvard numbers:

57% fall into either "Consistently Liberal" or "Mostly Liberal", while only ~12% fall into "Consistently Conservative" or "Mostly Conservative".