Weekend Essay: The Politics of Romance and Friendship

A new dating app for conservatives raises a question: For the sake of love, family, and society’s optimal progression, should we be selecting partners on the basis of political ideology?

President Trump at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, September 3, 2022. AP/Mary Altaffer

MALKA FLEISCHMANN

Sep 10, 2022, 09:03 AM ET

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