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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWomen and Democrats, in particular, say they are unwilling to date across the aisle.
Politics are increasingly a dating dealbreaker especially for womenMany women are changing their approach to dating after a Trump presidency, the #MeToo movement and the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Americans say it has become harder to date people with different political views in recent years.
Women and Democrats, in particular, say they are unwilling to date across the aisle.
Experts have observed women weighing politics more in their dating decisions and being more cautious as they pursue relationships.
Nadia*, a 33-year-old Chicagoan, has had her fair share of bad dates. But there are a handful that stand out in her mind as particularly awful.
One of those dates took place on a hot summer night in 2017. Nadia went to a roof-top bar with a 25-year-old man she had met on the site OkCupid. Their time together was okay, the conversation pleasant enough between bites of overpriced cheeseburgers and craft beer.
It was like most app dates that are awkward and sort of disappointing, Nadia told The Hill. And Nadia was unsure of whether to push for a second date.
Then politics came up. As Nadia drove her date back home, he revealed he had not voted during the 2016 presidential election because he had not liked either candidate, former President Trump or the Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
And I was like Im never speaking to him again, she said. I almost kicked him out of my car.
https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/arts-culture/3917348-politics-are-increasingly-a-dating-dealbreaker-especially-for-women/
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Ocelot II
(120,644 posts)if I were datable I would not under any circumstances go out with a GOPer. Not only are almost all GOP policies completely anathema to me, as a woman I would have to assume a male GOPer to be misogynistic at his core or he wouldn't belong to a party whose policies and actions knowingly, actually and literally hurt and kill women.
Chainfire
(17,757 posts)I wouldn't have anything to say to a Trump thumping woman even if she was a beauty queen with loose morals.
Deuxcents
(19,598 posts)His politics would most certainly be a factor, so no, Im not interested in spending my time with anyone of the republican persuasion
Ilsa
(62,225 posts)But I couldn't be intimate with someone that doesn't respect all women's rights, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, etc.
Maru Kitteh
(29,053 posts)with a skeptical eye and a goal of finding out if this person has simply never followed through or considered the consequences of non-participation to those who are vulnerable and less privileged.
treestar
(82,383 posts)how different your values are. In fact, it shows a different view of reality.
leftyladyfrommo
(19,362 posts)I can't believe that people aren't embarrassed to admit they are Republican.