[MAP] The 30 Most (and Least) Trump-Loving College Campuses

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To Trump or not to Trump? The presumptive Republican presidential candidate has been, without a doubt, one of the most polarizing figures in recent American political history and possibly of all time.

His presence has been so divisive that we wanted to get a pulse for his popularity among college students around the country.

In our study, we analyzed Facebook data on students at hundreds of the top U.S. colleges to see which campuses seem to have the highest affinity for Mr. Trump and which ones have the least love for his campaign.

What we found was — as you may expect — a bit mixed. Some of the campuses that are historically seen as conservative strongholds were among those that have him embraced him most fully. But our list of the most Trump-loving campuses is also peppered with small, liberal arts colleges — some even on the west coast, which is generally seen as a liberal paradise.

All told, it seems a fitting dichotomy that represents the feelings many Americans of all ages seem to have.

You either love Trump or you hate him.

30 Most Trump-Loving Campuses

30 Least Trump-Loving Campuses

Notes on our methodology

We used data from Facebook’s advertiser targeting platform to analyze both the number of students on Facebook who are currently enrolled at each college, as well as those who have indicated interest in Trump on the social media network.

In our final tally, we used some discretion in removing schools with limited available data and also removed some small and specialized universities to create a list of mostly recognizable colleges on both ends of the spectrum.

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