Are people okay with losing friends over politics

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Anonymous wrote:There's been studies over this, OP. Democrats are considerably more likely to ditch family and friends over politics than Independents and Republicans.

Do you have a citation for this?

DP. Of course not. PPP, pulled that lie out of the deepest crevices of her buttocks.

DP
It is true that Democrats are more likely to ditch family and friends. Severals studies/polls bear that out....

Dreier Roundtable (June 2021): This study found that Democrats were twice as likely as Republicans to report ending a friendship over politics (20% vs. 10%). Liberal women were the most likely group, with 33% reporting that they had ended a friendship because of a political disagreement.

Skeptic Research (May 2025): A report noted that approximately one in five people would end a friendship or relationship with a family member over politics. Gen Z and Millennials were the most likely to say they would sever ties, and liberals were more likely to do so than other political groups.

Yahoo News/YouGov Poll (September 2024): 28% of Americans found it stressful to spend time with friends or family who hold different political views. Democrats and Kamala Harris voters were more likely to report feeling stressed than Republicans and Donald Trump voters.

Reuters/Ipsos Poll (August 2025): A poll of nearly 4,500 U.S. adults found that 27% of Democrats felt the 2024 presidential election damaged their friendships, compared with 10% of Republicans.

Nineteen percent of registered voters said recent disagreements with family or friends over political issues have hurt their relationship, according to a new Siena College-The New York Times poll.
Independents and Democrats were more likely to say so — at 21 percent and 20 percent, respectively — compared to just 14 percent of Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3694103-almost-1-in-5-say-politics-has-hurt-friendships-family-relationships-poll/

I think it's because MAGA policies marginalize people, whereas Dem policies try to bring in the marginalized.

MAGA hate DEI, after all.

I think it’s because Dems are a lot less tolerant of differing ideas than they claim to be.

If you want to take away my rights, my livelihood, my freedoms, I don’t want to be friends with you. IDK why that has to be stated over and over again.

Go look at Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign ads on Youtube.

Which one?

Here's a pretty bland center-right ad about moving people off welfare, on a foundation of social programs (not kicking people off welfare)

It's a good example of policy differences (what are the mechanics of "good" welfare) and suspicion of what devil is in the details, vs the classic Republic "welfare queens!" and modern Republican / MAGA "They're eating the dogs!"

Bill Clinton won by adopting the rhetoric of the right, but couched in less obvious language. White liberals effing loved it. And the Democrats have been chasing that vote ever since.

But the country is changing, and you soon will not be able to win elections with only the white racist vote. Hence the headfirst dive into fascism. Like clockwork, expect the Democratic establishment and the vast majority of white liberals to fall in line. We're 9 months into this and the party is acting like it's politics as usual, and white liberals are shrugging and going on with their lives as this administration begin systematically removing immigrants, people of color, and the LGBT+ community from daily life.

Uh, Trump won because so many POC voted for him. Do you understand the profound demographic changes that happened in the last election?

He did get a few percentage points of black men and some Hispanic votes, and I think that a lot of that was misogyny.

Do you think that either of those blocks are supporting Trump now?

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Anonymous wrote:There's been studies over this, OP. Democrats are considerably more likely to ditch family and friends over politics than Independents and Republicans.

Do you have a citation for this?

DP. Of course not. PPP, pulled that lie out of the deepest crevices of her buttocks.

DP
It is true that Democrats are more likely to ditch family and friends. Severals studies/polls bear that out....

Dreier Roundtable (June 2021): This study found that Democrats were twice as likely as Republicans to report ending a friendship over politics (20% vs. 10%). Liberal women were the most likely group, with 33% reporting that they had ended a friendship because of a political disagreement.

Skeptic Research (May 2025): A report noted that approximately one in five people would end a friendship or relationship with a family member over politics. Gen Z and Millennials were the most likely to say they would sever ties, and liberals were more likely to do so than other political groups.

Yahoo News/YouGov Poll (September 2024): 28% of Americans found it stressful to spend time with friends or family who hold different political views. Democrats and Kamala Harris voters were more likely to report feeling stressed than Republicans and Donald Trump voters.

Reuters/Ipsos Poll (August 2025): A poll of nearly 4,500 U.S. adults found that 27% of Democrats felt the 2024 presidential election damaged their friendships, compared with 10% of Republicans.

Nineteen percent of registered voters said recent disagreements with family or friends over political issues have hurt their relationship, according to a new Siena College-The New York Times poll.
Independents and Democrats were more likely to say so — at 21 percent and 20 percent, respectively — compared to just 14 percent of Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3694103-almost-1-in-5-say-politics-has-hurt-friendships-family-relationships-poll/

I think it's because MAGA policies marginalize people, whereas Dem policies try to bring in the marginalized.

MAGA hate DEI, after all.

I think it’s because Dems are a lot less tolerant of differing ideas than they claim to be.

If you want to take away my rights, my livelihood, my freedoms, I don’t want to be friends with you. IDK why that has to be stated over and over again.

Go look at Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign ads on Youtube.

Which one?

Here's a pretty bland center-right ad about moving people off welfare, on a foundation of social programs (not kicking people off welfare)

It's a good example of policy differences (what are the mechanics of "good" welfare) and suspicion of what devil is in the details, vs the classic Republic "welfare queens!" and modern Republican / MAGA "They're eating the dogs!"

Bill Clinton won by adopting the rhetoric of the right, but couched in less obvious language. White liberals effing loved it. And the Democrats have been chasing that vote ever since.

But the country is changing, and you soon will not be able to win elections with only the white racist vote. Hence the headfirst dive into fascism. Like clockwork, expect the Democratic establishment and the vast majority of white liberals to fall in line. We're 9 months into this and the party is acting like it's politics as usual, and white liberals are shrugging and going on with their lives as this administration begin systematically removing immigrants, people of color, and the LGBT+ community from daily life.

Uh, Trump won because so many POC voted for him. Do you understand the profound demographic changes that happened in the last election?

He did get a few percentage points of black men and some Hispanic votes, and I think that a lot of that was misogyny.

Do you think that either of those blocks are supporting Trump now?

Hopefully not, but I know for sure they aren’t supporting the Democrats so not sure how much good that does.

You need to familiarize yourself with this. I do not see a lot of indications this has changed all that dramatically.

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/06/26/behind-trumps-2024-victory-a-more-racially-and-ethnically-diverse-voter-coalition/

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Anonymous wrote:There's been studies over this, OP. Democrats are considerably more likely to ditch family and friends over politics than Independents and Republicans.

Do you have a citation for this?

DP. Of course not. PPP, pulled that lie out of the deepest crevices of her buttocks.

DP
It is true that Democrats are more likely to ditch family and friends. Severals studies/polls bear that out....

Dreier Roundtable (June 2021): This study found that Democrats were twice as likely as Republicans to report ending a friendship over politics (20% vs. 10%). Liberal women were the most likely group, with 33% reporting that they had ended a friendship because of a political disagreement.

Skeptic Research (May 2025): A report noted that approximately one in five people would end a friendship or relationship with a family member over politics. Gen Z and Millennials were the most likely to say they would sever ties, and liberals were more likely to do so than other political groups.

Yahoo News/YouGov Poll (September 2024): 28% of Americans found it stressful to spend time with friends or family who hold different political views. Democrats and Kamala Harris voters were more likely to report feeling stressed than Republicans and Donald Trump voters.

Reuters/Ipsos Poll (August 2025): A poll of nearly 4,500 U.S. adults found that 27% of Democrats felt the 2024 presidential election damaged their friendships, compared with 10% of Republicans.

Nineteen percent of registered voters said recent disagreements with family or friends over political issues have hurt their relationship, according to a new Siena College-The New York Times poll.
Independents and Democrats were more likely to say so — at 21 percent and 20 percent, respectively — compared to just 14 percent of Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3694103-almost-1-in-5-say-politics-has-hurt-friendships-family-relationships-poll/

I think it's because MAGA policies marginalize people, whereas Dem policies try to bring in the marginalized.

MAGA hate DEI, after all.

I think it’s because Dems are a lot less tolerant of differing ideas than they claim to be.

If you want to take away my rights, my livelihood, my freedoms, I don’t want to be friends with you. IDK why that has to be stated over and over again.

Go look at Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign ads on Youtube.

Which one?

Here's a pretty bland center-right ad about moving people off welfare, on a foundation of social programs (not kicking people off welfare)

It's a good example of policy differences (what are the mechanics of "good" welfare) and suspicion of what devil is in the details, vs the classic Republic "welfare queens!" and modern Republican / MAGA "They're eating the dogs!"

Bill Clinton won by adopting the rhetoric of the right, but couched in less obvious language. White liberals effing loved it. And the Democrats have been chasing that vote ever since.

But the country is changing, and you soon will not be able to win elections with only the white racist vote. Hence the headfirst dive into fascism. Like clockwork, expect the Democratic establishment and the vast majority of white liberals to fall in line. We're 9 months into this and the party is acting like it's politics as usual, and white liberals are shrugging and going on with their lives as this administration begin systematically removing immigrants, people of color, and the LGBT+ community from daily life.

Uh, Trump won because so many POC voted for him. Do you understand the profound demographic changes that happened in the last election?

No. I understand that you have fallen for propaganda designed to make you believe that. The only groups of people who majority voted for Trump were white men and white women. As for other races, more of them did vote for Trump in 2024 than in 2016 or 2020, that's true. However they still represented the minority of those populations.

Despite the propaganda, 78% of Black men voted for Kamala. 56% of Latino men voted for Kamala. 54% of Asian men voted for Kamala.

White men voted for Trump at rate of 66%. White women did so at a rate of 55%. White people made of 72% of voters. To say that any particular race is responsible for the election of Donald Trump and not talk about White people is disingenuous. White people elected Donald Trump. If they had not, he would not have won. Plain and simple.

You don’t seem to understand the voting patterns of the last election very well.

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Anonymous wrote:There's been studies over this, OP. Democrats are considerably more likely to ditch family and friends over politics than Independents and Republicans.

Do you have a citation for this?

DP. Of course not. PPP, pulled that lie out of the deepest crevices of her buttocks.

DP
It is true that Democrats are more likely to ditch family and friends. Severals studies/polls bear that out....

Dreier Roundtable (June 2021): This study found that Democrats were twice as likely as Republicans to report ending a friendship over politics (20% vs. 10%). Liberal women were the most likely group, with 33% reporting that they had ended a friendship because of a political disagreement.

Skeptic Research (May 2025): A report noted that approximately one in five people would end a friendship or relationship with a family member over politics. Gen Z and Millennials were the most likely to say they would sever ties, and liberals were more likely to do so than other political groups.

Yahoo News/YouGov Poll (September 2024): 28% of Americans found it stressful to spend time with friends or family who hold different political views. Democrats and Kamala Harris voters were more likely to report feeling stressed than Republicans and Donald Trump voters.

Reuters/Ipsos Poll (August 2025): A poll of nearly 4,500 U.S. adults found that 27% of Democrats felt the 2024 presidential election damaged their friendships, compared with 10% of Republicans.

Nineteen percent of registered voters said recent disagreements with family or friends over political issues have hurt their relationship, according to a new Siena College-The New York Times poll.
Independents and Democrats were more likely to say so — at 21 percent and 20 percent, respectively — compared to just 14 percent of Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3694103-almost-1-in-5-say-politics-has-hurt-friendships-family-relationships-poll/

I think it's because MAGA policies marginalize people, whereas Dem policies try to bring in the marginalized.

MAGA hate DEI, after all.

I think it’s because Dems are a lot less tolerant of differing ideas than they claim to be.

If you want to take away my rights, my livelihood, my freedoms, I don’t want to be friends with you. IDK why that has to be stated over and over again.

Go look at Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign ads on Youtube.

Which one?

Here's a pretty bland center-right ad about moving people off welfare, on a foundation of social programs (not kicking people off welfare)

It's a good example of policy differences (what are the mechanics of "good" welfare) and suspicion of what devil is in the details, vs the classic Republic "welfare queens!" and modern Republican / MAGA "They're eating the dogs!"

Bill Clinton won by adopting the rhetoric of the right, but couched in less obvious language. White liberals effing loved it. And the Democrats have been chasing that vote ever since.

But the country is changing, and you soon will not be able to win elections with only the white racist vote. Hence the headfirst dive into fascism. Like clockwork, expect the Democratic establishment and the vast majority of white liberals to fall in line. We're 9 months into this and the party is acting like it's politics as usual, and white liberals are shrugging and going on with their lives as this administration begin systematically removing immigrants, people of color, and the LGBT+ community from daily life.

Uh, Trump won because so many POC voted for him. Do you understand the profound demographic changes that happened in the last election?

No. I understand that you have fallen for propaganda designed to make you believe that. The only groups of people who majority voted for Trump were white men and white women. As for other races, more of them did vote for Trump in 2024 than in 2016 or 2020, that's true. However they still represented the minority of those populations.

Despite the propaganda, 78% of Black men voted for Kamala. 56% of Latino men voted for Kamala. 54% of Asian men voted for Kamala.

White men voted for Trump at rate of 66%. White women did so at a rate of 55%. White people made of 72% of voters. To say that any particular race is responsible for the election of Donald Trump and not talk about White people is disingenuous. White people elected Donald Trump. If they had not, he would not have won. Plain and simple.

You don’t seem to understand the voting patterns of the last election very well.

I literally just explained the voting patterns to you. You seem to struggle with facts. You desperately want the story to be different, but it is not.

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Anonymous wrote:There's been studies over this, OP. Democrats are considerably more likely to ditch family and friends over politics than Independents and Republicans.

Do you have a citation for this?

DP. Of course not. PPP, pulled that lie out of the deepest crevices of her buttocks.

DP
It is true that Democrats are more likely to ditch family and friends. Severals studies/polls bear that out....

Dreier Roundtable (June 2021): This study found that Democrats were twice as likely as Republicans to report ending a friendship over politics (20% vs. 10%). Liberal women were the most likely group, with 33% reporting that they had ended a friendship because of a political disagreement.

Skeptic Research (May 2025): A report noted that approximately one in five people would end a friendship or relationship with a family member over politics. Gen Z and Millennials were the most likely to say they would sever ties, and liberals were more likely to do so than other political groups.

Yahoo News/YouGov Poll (September 2024): 28% of Americans found it stressful to spend time with friends or family who hold different political views. Democrats and Kamala Harris voters were more likely to report feeling stressed than Republicans and Donald Trump voters.

Reuters/Ipsos Poll (August 2025): A poll of nearly 4,500 U.S. adults found that 27% of Democrats felt the 2024 presidential election damaged their friendships, compared with 10% of Republicans.

Nineteen percent of registered voters said recent disagreements with family or friends over political issues have hurt their relationship, according to a new Siena College-The New York Times poll.
Independents and Democrats were more likely to say so — at 21 percent and 20 percent, respectively — compared to just 14 percent of Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3694103-almost-1-in-5-say-politics-has-hurt-friendships-family-relationships-poll/

I think it's because MAGA policies marginalize people, whereas Dem policies try to bring in the marginalized.

MAGA hate DEI, after all.

I think it’s because Dems are a lot less tolerant of differing ideas than they claim to be.

If you want to take away my rights, my livelihood, my freedoms, I don’t want to be friends with you. IDK why that has to be stated over and over again.

Go look at Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign ads on Youtube.

Which one?

Here's a pretty bland center-right ad about moving people off welfare, on a foundation of social programs (not kicking people off welfare)

It's a good example of policy differences (what are the mechanics of "good" welfare) and suspicion of what devil is in the details, vs the classic Republic "welfare queens!" and modern Republican / MAGA "They're eating the dogs!"

Bill Clinton won by adopting the rhetoric of the right, but couched in less obvious language. White liberals effing loved it. And the Democrats have been chasing that vote ever since.

But the country is changing, and you soon will not be able to win elections with only the white racist vote. Hence the headfirst dive into fascism. Like clockwork, expect the Democratic establishment and the vast majority of white liberals to fall in line. We're 9 months into this and the party is acting like it's politics as usual, and white liberals are shrugging and going on with their lives as this administration begin systematically removing immigrants, people of color, and the LGBT+ community from daily life.

Uh, Trump won because so many POC voted for him. Do you understand the profound demographic changes that happened in the last election?

He did get a few percentage points of black men and some Hispanic votes, and I think that a lot of that was misogyny.

Do you think that either of those blocks are supporting Trump now?

It literally was just a few percent, not even remotely the big tectonic shift that MAGA tries to pretend it was.

Also, there were those who didn't vote for Harris for the weirdest, like FBA saying "she isn't black" when her father is a black descendant of chattel slaves brought to Jamaica for notoriously brutal labor on sugar plantations. Or, dumbest, like Dearborn Muslims who didn't vote for her because they thought the Palestinians would be better off that way.

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In my family the problem has become our MAGA relatives' complete lack of concern for the younger members of the family who will lose their salaries and healthcare if Trump and Vought get their way. My (very well off and proud of their nice house in an expensive suburb) MAGA parents never ask if we are still employed or even what we will do if we lose our jobs. As far as they are concerned, we just have to accept Trump's will and take the medicine for the good of the country. Try to call them out? The new thing is pointing to their fathers who were WWII vets and how they fought to protect the country from "socialists" like Biden. Is that a new FOX talking point, that we have to push MAGA to honor the Greatest Generation?

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Anonymous wrote:There's been studies over this, OP. Democrats are considerably more likely to ditch family and friends over politics than Independents and Republicans.

Do you have a citation for this?

DP. Of course not. PPP, pulled that lie out of the deepest crevices of her buttocks.

DP
It is true that Democrats are more likely to ditch family and friends. Severals studies/polls bear that out....

Dreier Roundtable (June 2021): This study found that Democrats were twice as likely as Republicans to report ending a friendship over politics (20% vs. 10%). Liberal women were the most likely group, with 33% reporting that they had ended a friendship because of a political disagreement.

Skeptic Research (May 2025): A report noted that approximately one in five people would end a friendship or relationship with a family member over politics. Gen Z and Millennials were the most likely to say they would sever ties, and liberals were more likely to do so than other political groups.

Yahoo News/YouGov Poll (September 2024): 28% of Americans found it stressful to spend time with friends or family who hold different political views. Democrats and Kamala Harris voters were more likely to report feeling stressed than Republicans and Donald Trump voters.

Reuters/Ipsos Poll (August 2025): A poll of nearly 4,500 U.S. adults found that 27% of Democrats felt the 2024 presidential election damaged their friendships, compared with 10% of Republicans.

Nineteen percent of registered voters said recent disagreements with family or friends over political issues have hurt their relationship, according to a new Siena College-The New York Times poll.
Independents and Democrats were more likely to say so — at 21 percent and 20 percent, respectively — compared to just 14 percent of Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3694103-almost-1-in-5-say-politics-has-hurt-friendships-family-relationships-poll/

I think it's because MAGA policies marginalize people, whereas Dem policies try to bring in the marginalized.

MAGA hate DEI, after all.

I think it’s because Dems are a lot less tolerant of differing ideas than they claim to be.

Nope. We’re tolerant of “differing ideas” sure. We’re intolerant of racism, misogyny, homophobia, insurrection, pedophilia, Christian nationalism, white supremacy, oligarchs, wacko anti-vaxers, etc.

Yeah, your actions don’t really back this up, chief.

Wrong. We are all for you living the life you want but you don’t get to impose your beliefs on everyone else. That’s not intolerance, it boundaries. Because everyone else’s beliefs matter too.

Don’t believe in gay marriage? Don’t marry someone of the same sex.

Don’t believe in abortion? Don’t get an abortion.

Want to be a racist prick and have a wildly successful podcast saying outrageous things? You are free to do that, and you can also be sued if your words and actions hurt someone. Because they have rights too.

Oh come on. Do not be so blind to the faults of your own side. Lets just pick one issue, misogyny: You people hate women. It always comes out eventually.

The Republicans hate women too, mind you. But you will never convince me that Democrats are against misogyny when it is so deeply ingrained in the party.

Look inwards before you claim any moral superiority, because you don’t have it.

Whatever helps you sleep at night dude. That and your copy of project 2025 on your bedside table.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my family the problem has become our MAGA relatives' complete lack of concern for the younger members of the family who will lose their salaries and healthcare if Trump and Vought get their way. My (very well off and proud of their nice house in an expensive suburb) MAGA parents never ask if we are still employed or even what we will do if we lose our jobs. As far as they are concerned, we just have to accept Trump's will and take the medicine for the good of the country. Try to call them out? The new thing is pointing to their fathers who were WWII vets and how they fought to protect the country from "socialists" like Biden. Is that a new FOX talking point, that we have to push MAGA to honor the Greatest Generation?

"WHAT ARE YOU WHINING ABOUT? WHEN I WORKED AT THE FACTORY I BOUGHT A THREE STORY HOUSE FOR A QUARTER!"