Study: Lasell College Ranks Third Nationally in Blue Tweets

NEWTON, MA - College campuses are often rife with political activism - students are challenged and exposed to competing and sometimes radical ideas throughout their years in higher education.

Now, technology offers people the opportunity to take to social media with their activism, which the nation's youngest voters are embracing in droves.  

Students at Lasell College are using Twitter to sound off on their political leanings, which according to a recent study are predominantly liberal. 

Lasell ranked third in Democratic mentions on Twitter in a study conducted by CollegeStats.org that analyzed keywords in 2.4 million tweets posted on or near college campuses nationwide. 

The site looked at common buzzwords, mentions and hashtags associated with each party, such as #feelthebern, @berniesanders and @realdonaldtrump, and whether the tweets that cited them were positive or negative. 

Based on keywords per 1,000 words, Lasell had a Democrat score of 2.72.

Here's a look at the top 10 bluest campuses in the nation, according to the study:

1. Carthage College, Kenocha, WI

2. Albion College, Albion, MI

3. Lasell College, Auburndale, MA

4. Allegheny College, Meadville, PA

5. University of Evansville, Evansville, IN

6. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO

7. Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL

8. Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, WI

9. Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY

10. Trocaire College, Buffalo, NY

As CollegeStats noted, the study was based on Twitter posts and not more traditional political activism; very few of the schools appeared on The Princeton Review's rankings of politically active schools. 

>>>Click here for a look at the complete study, including more information about its methodology.