Coffee Meets Bagel survey: Majority of daters would consider breaking up because of politics [Video]

The U.S. presidential election is drawing closer and Americans are stressed. Politics are increasingly visible off and online, even when dating. This isn’t new; Mashable reported that political polarization on dating apps was thornier than ever in 2021. Three years on, nothing has changed (except with AI and fandom, maybe it’s gotten worse?). The dating app Coffee Meets Bagel (CMB) surveyed around 1,400 of its American users at the end of August and found that a vast majority care about political views when it comes to picking a partner.

Eighty-three percent of CMB daters would consider ending a relationship because of different political views. Around the same amount, 84 percent, would date someone who supports Kamala Harris, according to CMB’s blog post. Meanwhile, 65 percent of CMB daters — including 77 percent of women on the app — wouldn’t date someone who supports Donald Trump.

In terms of specific political issues, 31 percent said it’d …