Dating Is Dead, Thanks to Political Polarization

Young singles today are facing a demographic disaster: while women have made a hard left turn in recent years, their male counterparts have taken a hard right one—with many refusing to date across party lines.

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A new report in the Financial Times shows that American women aged 18–30 are 30 percent more liberal than men their age. According to another survey, a whopping 54 percent of women say they won’t date a conservative, and just listening to Joe Rogan or refusing to watch the Barbie movie is a red flag. ...

As a 23-year-old woman with openly libertarian views, I’ve seen the problem firsthand on the New York City dating scene—but from the flipside. I’ve been told I’m a “breath of fresh air” by men who feel they can finally let their political hair down on a date. At last, a living, breathing woman who won’t be offended!

Ed Morrissey

Well, everyone knows that the Libertarians have the most fun, so that's not news. (That's for my pal Nick Gillespie.) More seriously, though, this phenomenon isn't just limited to dating. The over-politicization of American life has damaged existing families as well as lowered odds for creating new ones. We are silo-ing not just in our figurative communities, but also physically as well over the last few years, as conservatives relocate to red states and progressives to blue states and urban areas. 

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