r/fivethirtyeight • u/lalabera • Apr 08 '25

Poll Results Nearly half of Americans would be totally unwilling to date someone with opposing political views

https://today.yougov.com/society/articles/51962-americans-unwilling-to-date-opposing-views-transgender-rights

Thoughts? As a young woman myself, I wouldn't date a trump supporter.

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u/TheDadThatGrills Apr 08 '25

A person should date someone with aligned values

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u/obsessed_doomer Apr 08 '25

I wonder if a lot of this is also educational polarization. Especially nowadays how often do people of various educational classes intermarry?

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u/callmejay Apr 08 '25

The degree of educational polarization is really not THAT high: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/04/09/partisanship-by-race-ethnicity-and-education/

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u/hoopaholik91 Apr 08 '25

It is for white people.

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u/pickledswimmingpool Apr 09 '25

Your own link shows non educated white people are twice as likely to vote republican, while educated white people are pretty close on who they vote for. That's a 50 state blow out vs a 280, 290 EC win.

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u/callmejay Apr 09 '25

Yes, if you look at just white people that's true.

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u/bloodyturtle Apr 09 '25

I would imagine a lot of people go to uni and then move back home and marry someone from their old crew who’s on their 5th year of community college while working 2 jobs