These People Are Tweeting That They Would Walk Out on a Date If They Discovered The Other Person Voted for Trump

The 2016 U.S. election was especially divisive. Families fought over political affiliation and presidential choices like never before. Voting became a touchy topic among colleagues, friends, and acquaintances alike. It’s becoming apparent that it’s bleeding into our dating lives as well.

While politics used to simply be a topic of conversation, it seems that political affiliation has become a deal-breaker for many single people in the dating realm.

In the article, Anna told the story of one particular man who went on three dates with a woman whom he met online. On the third date, he revealed that he voted for Trump. He was the Treasurer of the Philadelphia Young Republicans, in fact. When he told her his choice for president, his date promptly got up and left. Whether or not one would do the same became a contentious issue when the story hit Twitter.

She asked people to retweet her tweet if they would end a date if the person said they had voted for Trump. The tweet now has over 149,000 retweets.

Nick Morgan said he would leave without even packing up the free breadsticks for a snack later. Some people thought it would be smarter to take those breadsticks and enjoy them himself, though.

Most people said their issue was with their hypothetical date picking Trump as their specific candidate. Most of the replies say that they would not be okay dating someone who supports [Trump] a person who doesn’t care for their wellbeing.

It had to do with different personalities, but it also had a lot to do with the values behind particular political choices. It’s not the same as voting for tax cuts or benefits. It seems that her point is not that all Trump supporters are racists and misogynists. The point is that they supported a racist and misogynist by voting for Trump.

So, if you’re a woman or a minority, or you have friends who are women and/or minorities, and you care about their wellbeing, saying, “I think we’re different people,” is a pretty polite way to turn down someone who doesn’t care about minorities’ human rights.

Brenda continued, “Well, he also told a friend of mine that he liked history but, there’s so much we don’t know because of all the history we lost in the “great flood”.“

Some people would have dumped a person with a different political ideology quickly–no matter what–because of their personalities. But it seems that people who are not a decisive as the second person in this post are becoming more solidified in their decisions to or not to date someone of who voted for a different presidential candidate.

Amanda Whitcomb replied, “I need to have some of those printed and hand them out to family members. Maybe I’ll put them in HOLIDAY cards.”

Some people can’t stand Ayn Rand. Some people can’t stand Kevin James. Some people can’t stand blatant misogyny, xenophobia, and racism.

While it’s totally valid that the woman didn’t want to date the man and didn’t owe him any of her time, she may have helped to change his opinions had she stayed at the table and had an interesting debate about each of their political choices. It’s not her responsibility to educate him. But, dating aside, we all might get a little more done if we talked to each other more about our disagreements instead of blocking each other on Facebook.