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Poll: Even love is political
A Fox News poll released Wednesday finds 55 percent believe it is at least somewhat important to find someone who has the same ideology. Furthermore, 28 percent feel it is “very” important to do so, up from 21 percent who felt that way last year. …
More women (59 percent) than men (50 percent) say it’s important their Valentine be on the same team — be it red or blue.
Republicans (62 percent) are a bit more likely than Democrats (58 percent) to prioritize politics when choosing a partner. Not surprisingly, both groups of partisans are much more likely than independents (41 percent) to feel that way.
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It’s not so much politics as it is worldview. A progressive worldview is diametrically opposed to a conservative worldview.
40 years ago it would have been equivalent to a Leftist activist marrying either a mainstream R or D. There wouldn’t have been much in common between a Leftist or a R or D. The Left has now gobbled up the Dems.
INC on February 14, 2013 at 9:32 PM
s/b There wouldn’t have been much in common between a Leftist and a R or D.
INC on February 14, 2013 at 9:34 PM
I’m not conversant in Swedish politics so I guess it won’t matter what Greta, Ingrid or their girlfriends think.
Seth Halpern on February 15, 2013 at 12:39 AM
Yeah, it’s kind of a interesting topic to get into. I agree with INC about worldviews. I consider myself a fairly moderate Republican, and tend to view political disagreements within our political traditions as “degree of” disagreements.
For instance, lets take the issue of taxes in really broad terms. I understand the need for taxes, but I prefer them to be lower, maybe a top rate of around 25%. If Person X said “I agree with you that higher taxes are bad for an economy, however I feel that the benefits from what the government could do with the extra revenue outweigh the costs,” that’s a position I could tolerate without much difficulty. We’re operating with the same assumptions, same worldview, but we reach different conclusions on the degree of a certain policy.
Where politics would become a deal breaker would be if my position is the same, but Person X says, “there’s no evidence that taxes hurt the economy, in fact its rich people sitting on their money that’s hurting the economy and we should tax them to get it and put it to use.” That’s economic illiteracy, it’s far left and decidedly uncapitalist. Totally different worldviews, and I could never make that work.
LukeinNE on February 15, 2013 at 11:17 AM