Majority of Women Won’t Date a Trump Supporter

In the aftermath of the 2024 election, dating could significantly change as singles begin to scrutinize their dating app matches’ voting history.
While former President Donald Trump won the election over Vice President Kamala Harris, political polarization has divided the country, and many refuse to date outside of their political party.
Women especially may be more likely to reject a potential date based on his voting history, according to a new survey of nearly 1,400 users from dating app Coffee Meets Bagel.
Roughly 77 percent of female users said they wouldn’t date someone who supports Trump, compared to 65 percent of Coffee Meets Bagel’s overall user base.
The divide occurs as more young single men have been moving to the right while young women increasingly move to the left, potentially creating major compatibility issues in the long term.
“This is consistent with the increase we have seen in what is called ‘affective partisanship’ which includes voters disliking the other party and also its candidates and its supporters, reaching a personal level of emotional dislike,” Robert Shapiro, a political science professor at Columbia University, told Newsweek.
“It is related to the finding that people have reported in surveys that they would oppose their children marrying someone of another party, more opposed than to marrying someone of another race.”
Altogether, 72 percent of Coffee Meets Bagel’s users said political alignment is at least “somewhat important” when choosing a partner, and 69 percent said they would filter matches by political alignment if possible.
Even once a relationship has already started, politics can cause significant issues in what might be otherwise a healthy relationship. More than four out of five, 83 percent, of users said they would consider ending a relationship because of different political beliefs.
Women’s reproductive issues were a major factor, with 31 percent saying it would be a dealbreaker if their partner had different views on abortion.
Generally, left-leaning singles were more likely to prioritize political alignment than conservatives. Roughly 89 percent of left-leaning users said political alignment is at least “somewhat important,” while 68 percent of right-leaning singles felt the same.
And 40 percent of left daters outright refused to date someone with different political beliefs, more than double the 17 percent of right daters who said the same.
Generational shifts also played a major role. Gen Z daters on Coffee Meets Bagel were by far the most liberal and the least interested in dating those with differing political beliefs. Roughly 67 percent of Gen Z daters said they wouldn’t date someone who voted for Trump.