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This is fascinating. This was in the Axios newsletter today.

Major dating platforms, this is Ursula Perano, writing for Axios.

Major dating platforms including OK Cupid, hinge, and Bumble have introduced filters to sift out matches with incompatible politics.

It's pretty amazing.

Apparently Trump is polarizing the dating world as well.

Okay, Cupid saw a 187% increase in political mentions on profiles between 2017 and 2018. The company says the trend continued in 2019.

72% of female respondents in the U.S. said they would not date someone with the political opinions that were quote the exact opposite end quote

of their own. 72%. Female users guys, female users are twice as likely as men to filter out matches of people who don't explicitly

say that they vote. This is, she's quoting a guy named habely.

Let's see who that, yeah, this is okay-Cupin's chief marketing officer

Melissa habely says, quote,

voting is the new six- for guys it is way less about what you

look like and much more what you believe in and what you care about.

Some conservative and then between the lines, Ursula notes, some conservatives say

dating has proved challenging in the age of Trump.

Oh, those poor conservative snowflakes.

Anti-Trump mentions on okay cupid profiles have spiked by more than 52% since 2017,

while mentions of conservative terms fell by 78% last year.

Political reported in 2018 that Trump administration staffers are struggling to find dates in DC.

And then finally, you know, every now and then, if you listen to this program regularly,

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