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Do you yearn for universal health care, but also harbor a secret crush on slap-bass wonder Mike Huckabee? Good news! In a new survey about dating and political views, 87 percent of respondents said they would date outside of their political party lines. (Bad news: Mike Huckabee is deeply, deeply in love with his wife.)
The survey, conducted by Zoosk.com, randomly surveyed 1,000 of its single users about how politics figured into their love lives and came up with some interesting stats.
Por ejemplo, 27 percent of respondents would date a Tea Party member, and 51 percent would at least consider it. So congratulations, Guy With Crazy Protest Sign! Only 22 percent of the single population considers you a dating Untouchable!
The survey also found out which politicians are considered the most hypothetically "dateable": Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) topped the list, followed by Barack Obama and Scott "Check Out My Wiener" Brown. (Mike Huckabee did not make the list. What gives?)
Personally, we've dated guys whose views were diametrically opposed to ours before, and it did not work. (Who really wants to argue about private school vouchers over a candlelit dinner?) But tell us, Lemondrop ladies ...
Would you date somebody with different political inclinations? Or is dating a [fill-in-the-blank] worse than bad breath?
Related: Do we inherit our parents' politics? (Parentdish)
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Friday 15 October
By Alicia
Been there, done that, it sucked.
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Saturday 16 October
By karis
Only if I was apathetic about my political views, which I am not.
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Monday 15 November
By Angelica
so true! i don't think i would ever date someone who is on the complete opposite end of the political spectrum. I would be friends with them, but I just don't see how I could be in a romantic, physical relationship with someone who i disagree with on fundamental philosophical values.
Saturday 16 October
By Kay
I can't say that dating someone with dissimilar views is something I would ever want to attempt again.
Don't get me wrong, I love engaging conversation and hearing valid sides of both points of view. Unfortunately, Republicans and Tea Party types believe more in platitudes and idealism while not actually discussing their policies (like how they try to suggest Democrats are enemies of the U.S. and freedom rather than have an actual, compromising and realistic discussion).
Now if I somehow magically was no longer engaged and met someone who was on the Right who could actually debate issues and back up their ideas with numbers and facts, I would be much more willing to entertain the idea. But seeing as they can't even find non-crazy candidates, I would think that finding a regular person who understands politics like that and can support their political party with more than a crazy protest sign (and who even fits the typical dating criteria) to be somewhat of a hazy idea that is unlikely to happen, ever.
I'm not the type of person who enjoys saying it is completely impossible, but so far watching the 2010 election news reel, yeah I think my pessimism in that department is warranted lol.
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Sunday 17 October
By Alicia
Ditto.
Sunday 17 October
By T
Besides the point on top of your head, what point are you trying to make? All of your useless, self absorbing rheteric is a wonderful description of your own party, arrogance personified.
Sunday 17 October
By tyrebitre
"By T
Besides the point on top of your head, what point are you trying to make? All of your useless, self absorbing rheteric is a wonderful description of your own party, arrogance personified."----------------------------------
Actually, T, your reply more than proves everything K stated. However, "rheterically" speaking, she may be favorably impressed with your exemplary spelling skills.
Sunday 17 October
By Rickey Bell
you sound like a real catch. lol
Sunday 17 October
By Richard
Kay, you got to be kidding, take a good look at the miserable failure you voted in as President. Just curious, but I have to ask this question.....Do Democrats ever check in to see what the big spender has done to this country?? How do you like the fact that China owns President Dufus and lectures him on his spending ?? And what is the Democratic position on having a dictator running this nation?? Or do you nut jobs even understand what a dictator is. Let me clarify that for you. A dictator is a leader who does not do the wishes of the majority of people. He does not work in their best interest, he instead works to implement a political agenda that a majority of his constituents don't want. In order to implement that agenda he is willing to destroy the political system that has worked better than any other system ever devised. A system that was the envy of the world and created the most powerful nation on earth. A system so admired that people of all nationalities and nations were fighting to immigrate here. People who had no future came here and found that with hard work and ambition they could succeed beyond their wildest dreams. A dictator takes that ability away, then only those in political power can achieve what once was available to everyone. This is what the dictator you elected in 2008 has done. He takes from those who have worked hard and achieved their dream, and shares it with those who lack ambition and pride in making their own way in life . Socialism has been tried many times, and failed each time. That is the definition of crazy. I hope progressive Democrats don't ever procreate with conservatives. The last thing we need is to pollute the conservative Gene pool with a bunch of crazy liberal ideas.
Sunday 17 October
By P.J.
Very Well Said!
Monday 18 October
By Rick
Well Kay, Maybe if you didn't rely on media sources to frame your opinions you might not come off as a know it all elitist,
You need to wake up to the spoon feeding you rely on to confirm your preconcieved opinions,they don't make you informed,they make you a parrot.
Monday 18 October
By Holly
My best friend and I were raised Democrat but I converted to the GOP long ago. She has always been a die-hard Democrat. She married a die-hard Republican. Both have a great sense of humor about their political differences. When she was invited to Clinton's Inaugural balls, her husband refused to go as a matter of principle. No problem, she enlisted a high school friend who was stationed in Washington, DC as her escort. Politics makes strange bedfellows and they've been sharing the same bed for 40 years. People with different political ideologies can get along great as long as they don't let their political beliefs define them or get all rabid about issues.
Thursday 21 October
By flamencomama
Well said. I applaud you. You sound extremely sensible and coherent. Good for you. I totally agree.
Saturday 16 October
By alexs
hope this helps you, I had tonsil stones and awful bad breath. My friend told me to check Oral tech Labs as it helped him get rid of bad breath and his post nasal drip. I've been following Oral tech Labs advice for about 4 months now and I feel much better, also at work people are not avoiding me anymore so it seems to have cured my bad breath as well, so good luck.
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Sunday 17 October
By Pleasure Sex Toys
The Power of Sex!
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Sunday 17 October
By Nick Mayor
I don't understand how Carville has not murdered THAT horrid woman! She is a typical, obnoxious, loud-mouthed Republican bully.
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Monday 18 October
By dude
and Carville isn't obnoxious? they're perfect for one another.
Sunday 17 October
By Nick Mayor
I don't even talk to Republicans anymore unless it's to tell them to their hipocritical faces that they are bigoted, selfish liars who are destroying the economy and civil liberites of this country.
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Sunday 17 October
By T
Watch out Nicky boy, the Republicans are coming to save your sorry ass, like it or not.
Sunday 17 October
By linda
Nick...you're hilarious! Seriously. Your attitude is the reason republicans can't have an intelligent conversation with liberals. Liberals tend to be rude, arrogant and some of the most small minded people one can encounter. And pretty much all these liberal posts bare that fact.