Political tribalism in dating

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Would you date someone of a different political background? If so how different. What would be your limit?

I wonder if people who grown up in families who have been traditional block voters, and they hadn't changed later, if they could contemplate 'sleeping with the enemy' so to speak.

Personally I would consider anyone. However what matters is what thoughts of their own they have put into it, and if there are some independent ideas.

I'm wary of political tribalism itself, I find personal and political independence very attractive.

Obviously there would still be some moral tests. You would assume that we may hold some of the same objectives, just a different theory of how to get there.

I wonder how normal this view is thought. There is a stigma associated with dating outside party affiliation, at least for some.

Come to think of it, I've never dated a woman who had a conservative political ideology.

Either she was a centrist, a liberal, or apolitical.

I'm a centrist who leans liberal in some things, conservative in others.

I do it all the time, but usually let my politics emerge gradually, along with my autism.

I don't have a political background so my answer is yes since every girl I date has some sort of political view. Doesn't really matter to me cause i really could care less about it. Whenever they talk about it is usually my clue to look at them and nod my head to whatever they're saying while my brain is out on some fantasy adventure far far away from the conversation. Never gotten in trouble for it lol

Oh please....don't get me started.

Your politics like mine doesn't fit into party politics, so I guess you have to.

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I don't being to any political party. My viewpoints on different issues don't ever seem to match those of any political party. So I'd have to either find someone like me, or date someone who was moderate. I could never date any kind of political extremist. They all drive me crazy.

I haven't encountered this type of tribal stigma with dating, but experienced it with peers in childhood. I don't have any issues with political party affiliation, but the personal political ideology is a consideration though. I dated a guy once who was well connected within the opposition, but it didn't last because I didn't like him as a person, not for any other reason.

You westerners have no idea about the real tribalism.

Never really thought about it...

though now that I have, preferrably someone left-wing.

My limit would most likely be centrist, but I would also date someone slightly right-wing or a libertarian or such, so long as they would be fine with my political views.

I'm all for civil debate, but certainly not outright criticizing each other for our beliefs rather than respecting them.

Moderate-right or far-right is probably just too far for me.

I'm a left-leaning moderate. I can handle someone who is conservative of fiscal issues, but I doubt I could handle someone is a social conservative.

I consider myself a socialist/progressive but their political beliefs wouldn't really matter to me as long as they accepted me & my issues & disabilities instead of thinking of me as a lazy leach sucking on the teat of the hard-working American taxpayer.

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My political beliefs are very unpopular. I pretty much have to date people with other or no political beliefs. I can't see my self dating anyone on the "right". I would simply lose romantic attraction towards the person.

I believe I would also get turned off by a Tankie or Leninist.

There are plenty of small communes dotted about. If I understood your position correctly, you believe in small localised governance, based on Communism but not Democratic centralism of Stalin.

You are pretty harmless tbh, there aren't enough of you to be a serious threat. I don't even know if you are a revolutionary.

You would probably get on with non-violent anarcho-primitivists.

Well I researched but keen to hear your experiences.