Nah, at least you will have something to talk about all the time.

What does fall in love mean....lust or admiration? I is possible to fall in love with anybody. It may however be difficult to sustain a relationship for a good length of time if aspects of your life, politics, religion food etc are not closely aligned.

My sisters husband has a different political view but they do not talk politics. It is a rule in her marriage that started after Obama was elected president.

As a woman, no. If they think it is right that the government have any say over my bodily autonomy, then I will never respect enough to love. If they think that a persons job defines who they are, or their level of money, or their orientation, basically if they think something superficial has any bearing on another persons worth, I could never respect them enough to love them. If they want to cry 'personal responsibility' while not holding corporations responsible for their behavior, I could never respect enough to love. Nutshell, no.

For 27 years,my late wife and I voted for opposite parties,she always said our votes canceled each other out.Politics were never discussed in our home.

I could not date a conservative at all, probably not even a middle of the road person politically unless politics was not very important to them.

I think you avoid that by finding those things out first.

As a democratic liberal atheist, there are certain viewpoints that, no matter what, I would never find attractive (pro-life, anti-lgbtqi+, etc.). I don't mind listening to or befriending someone with those viewpoints, but I just would not be able to see them in a positive light in terms of dating.

I don't care about political views, as long as I'm getting laid, a person can believe whatever they want to.

Yes as long as you respect each other.

I heard that.... one may try to stay off that path but the differences will always emerge and that can be stressful. It would hard for me to make love to a woman who voted for trump for instance. Generally my libido is fine but a racist would torpedo it

As time goes on, and the country becomes more and more polarized, such a match seems less and less likely !

Only if you share core values though may disagree on the solution.

Maybe harder to do in the American political environment of 2018, but possible around 2003, my ex was from the Houston suburbs, lived in the Dallas suburbs, and had views to match the culture, and I was more centrist for the time, which might as well have been liberal by Texas standards.

Because political views kind of define the person's character I would imagine it would be difficult unless the person is open minded and able to change. So yes it's possible.

Right now I'd be more likely to date someone who identifies as religious than Republican.

Yes, but it depends how verbal they are about it.
There is someone I won't ever take seriously because they're batshit crazy with their ideas. "Commie this, commie that" , socialism this, socialism that." So they're friendzone.

Late dh in his one issue youthful voter cluelessness voted for GW in '00. I cried.
"it's just an election" he said.
Boy did he regret it every time W opened his mouth.

Not for me. They have to be liberal or at worst, center left. I would have no problem with a believer who didn't go to church ( and I have done that more than once ) than a conservative.

Not for me. We need to have the same values.

I find interesting that diversity and inclusion is a big chunk of a side of the aisle on the political spectrum, everything but one thing. How inclusive that really is?

I would say it is. The hard part is to stay in love with that person of a long period of time.

Fall in love with?....Maybe. The heart is a wild creature and often does things we don't want it to.

Marry? Nope.

Why not? Alas if we only loved people who are similar to us...

My mother was a Southern Baptist Republican and my dad was an athiest socialist and I never heard them even have cross words with one another until I was 18. I was so shocked when dad raised his voice a bit at mom I feared a divorce was imminent but that was the last of it (at least in the presence of us kids) until they got old and mom had to nag dad to basic tasks when he would forget. We had as happy a house as anyone I ever heard of. They had been married over 60 years when dad died. It is possible as this illustrates but I don't think I could have done it.

Of course it’s possible. But, you do need some common interests, common values and compatible habits.