Studies of the political orientations of 1, 055 college students revealed that the plurality of students in an eastern, big-city, private university was liberal, whereas in a state-supported, southern college, the plurality was conservative. Orientations were independent of the student' s region of origin, and the trends were much more pronounced in seniors than in beginning students. Which of the following hypotheses is best supported by the observations stated above?
A: The political orientations of college seniors depend significantly on experiences they have had while in college.
B: College students tend to become more conservative politically as they become older and are confronted with pressures for financial success.
C: The political orientations of college students are more similar to the political orientations of their parents when the students start college than when the students are seniors.
D: Whether their college is state-supported or private is the determining factor in college students' political orientations.
Choose A, B, C or D as your solution.
A