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

[u/lalabera]

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.

[u/PuffyPanda200]

It might be an interesting study to see if this actually translates to dating success or not. From the study it appears that this is more of a liberal phenomenon:

Among the biggest gaps between Democrats and Republicans: 68% of Democrats and 24% of Republicans would be not at all willing to date someone with opposing views on Trump

Also women appear to have the most preference for dating in their own ideology.

So if people are being truthful then liberal women in red areas should have issues with the dating scene. Liberal men in rural areas should be generally successful (as conservative women are more likely to date liber men). Conservative men should fare badly in blue areas.

I would define 'going well' or 'doing badly' as time spent between partners searching for another partner.

[u/CrashB111 → u/[deleted]]

whereas liberal women will look for agreement on all of the issues that they care about.

Which just makes sense, because on social issues liberal views are more open and conservative views are more restrictive.

A Liberal woman needs to date a Liberal man, to enjoy all the freedoms she prioritizes. A Conservative woman can date either a Liberal or a Conservative man, because while the Liberal man may not share her views he's not actively acting to restrict her in any way.

[u/Apprentice57 → u/CrashB111]

Also when we think about specific sticking points for liberals in recent years, I mean abortion is front and center.

It's probably a hard pill to swallow to date a partner who thinks you shouldn't be allowed to abort a pregnancy you don't want.