Or not. The converse case is just as valid... Perhaps, upon graduation, the student who pursued liberal ideals in college may enter the real world to be shocked and outraged by exhorbitant taxation, rampant crime, and the injustice of so-called "equal opportunity".

I've personally seen many a rabid liberal friend undergo a rapid metamorphosis upon starting a family of their own. Suddenly, the loose morality of their liberal youth becomes an anathema to the manner in which they wish to raise their children.