Is it possible to date someone with different political views? Americans increasingly say ‘no’
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America’s partisan divides are getting deeper. That means there’s a wider gap between what young progressives and young conservatives think.
And that’s playing out in the dating world, where politics have increasingly become a relationship deal-breaker.
Eighty-six percent of Americans think it has become harder to date someone from the opposite political party, according to a 2020 poll from market research firm YouGov.
MPR News host Angela Davis talked about it as part of our “Talking Sense” series — a yearlong reporting project helping us navigate difficult political conversations.
Guests:
KC Gammage is a Minneapolis-based licensed marriage and family therapist who specializes in trauma and family conflict.
Lyz Lenz is an Iowa-based writer and the author of four books, including her latest, “This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended my Marriage and Started My Life.”
MPR News Host Angela Davis (left) talks with KC Gammage, a licensed marriage and family therapist who specializes in trauma and family conflict, in an MPR News studio in St. Paul on Thursday.Nikhil Kumaran | MPR News
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