This More in Common study surveyed 2,004 undergraduate students and 209 faculty/staff at four-year U.S. institutions via College Pulse in April–May 2026, supplemented by two years of social media listening analysis, to gauge appetite for and confidence in cross-political dialogue on campus. It finds that most students are personally willing to engage across political difference (81% say they would listen to very different political views) but express deep skepticism about their institutions’ ability to facilitate it — only 6% trust their institution “a great deal” to run genuine dialogue programs, and just 10% see existing campus programs as meaningful and genuine. The gap appears driven less by unwillingness than by fear of social judgment and unproductive conflict, a signal for how campus-based bridging programs should be designed and marketed.