In an editorial published last week titled, “If Attitudes Don’t Shift, A Political Dating Mismatch Will Threaten Marriage,” The Washington Post’s editorial board points out that political polarization in this country has reached the point where it is now a prominent, often decisive factor in determining who Americans settle on as their potential mates. They emphasize this trend is now so acute it may actually threaten the institution of marriage as a whole. In particular, it seems that Democratic women are rejecting potential Republican suitors not only for marriage but as relationship material, all across the board. The message the editorial conveys—perhaps hyperbolically, perhaps not—is that as a consequence of this shift in attitudes, marriage itself in this country is in jeopardy.

  • @shalafi
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    Guys, I’m an old (52) hetero man in a red state (Florida).

    I have had more luck dating in the last 4-years than ever in life. My god. The fine, fine women I’ve met and known (yes, biblically known) has been mind blowing. (Just married one last Friday!)

    But if I had had anything conservative on my dating profiles? Yeah. No. HARD no from these women.

    One time I joked about being a redneck.

    “Uh… Exactly how redneck?”

    “If you’re asking like that? I’m something of a country boy, but I fucking loathe Trump.”

    “Oh. Whew. Just checking.”