Original sentence: 43.8% have no religious preference compared to a national average of 17.6%.Democrats outnumber Republicans on the faculty by a ratio of nine to one.In 1982, 20.8% identified as conservative, 32.9% identified as liberals, and 46.4% identified as moderate.In 2005, 51% of Berkeley freshmen considered themselves liberal, 37% considered themselves moderate, and 12% identified as conservative.Some conservative students have criticized the faculty for teaching with a liberal bias.The Berkeley College Republicans is one of the largest student groups on campus.Today, students at UC Berkeley are generally considered to be less politically active than their predecessors
Edited sentence: On some issues, such as rights of criminal defendants, Berkeley students are more conservative than their national counterparts, and they also tend to oppose affirmative action in college admissions more than their national counterparts.The Berkeley Republicans are one of the largest student groups on campus, while Democrats outnumber Republicans on the faculty by a ratio of nine to one, leading to increased student criticism of the faculty's views on multiculturalism and the paucity of conservative views on campus.Today, students at UC Berkeley are generally considered to be far less politically active than their predecessors, but Berkeley freshmen are statistically more liberal and less religious than their national counterparts