No, not at all. About the only SEC school I can think of that might come close to being as liberal as UGA might be Florida. If you re at an UGA football game it is a lot harder to tell because all the fans from throughout the state converge on Athens that weekend, but Athens-Clarke County has always gone blue in presidential elections and would have a democratic representative to congress if not for the surrounding areas of Athens (Oconee, Oglethorpe, etc.) Often times you will see student protests over workers being underpaid and the unpopular wars occuring. It s really hard to go in too much detail over this because liberal and psycho-conservative can be such broad terms. Definitely compared to the rest of the state (minus maybe Atlanta) I would say Athens is the most liberal stronghold you will find in the state, with UGA being the very center of it.
Don t let the football crowd influence your decision. If you are looking for a school base your choice on academics not sports scores.Athens is a very nice small town and it does have this hip vibe to it. But you have to realize all of these school are located deep in the Southern Baptist Bible Belt and that is something none of the Southern schools can escape.
I m not exactly sure what you mean ... but keep in mind that UGA culls bright students primarily from Georgia. Being a liberal New Yorker, I find a predominance of people living here to be ultra-conservative, so it would stand to reason that their kids would be, as well.I love Athens, and agree it s a cool little town. (Check out the Grit; it s one of my favorite health food places.)