People Reveal How They Dealt With Dating Someone With Differing Political Views

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“I, a rabid liberal, am engaged to a former conservative writer and activist! We wouldn’t have had the very first date if I didn’t know he was ‘never Trump’ — a feeling so passionate that he left the movement and found a different focus for his work.”

“It was also plain to see that he cared greatly for the LGBTQIA+ population and was anti-racist. After some confused probing, I learned that his big concerns were hawkish foreign policy and states’ rights, which I found more akin to the Republican concerns my parents espoused in the Reagan and Bush eras than in line with today’s Republican agenda.

Then Roe fell, and he was just as angry as I was, despite generally favoring states’ rights. A series of other world events saw us mostly agreeing, too, despite how we choose to register and identify — he’s now a registered Independent, and I am a registered Democrat.

And it’s a good thing, too, because we talk about politics most of the time we’re awake! We run an activist media company together and are getting married in July!”

—Joshua Tree, CA, 40, Registered Democrat