Party of tolerance and kindness! Give me a break. But guess what? NBC News buries that fact at the way bottom.
Seriously. Second to last paragraph.
One year later, those students remain optimistic about their personal lives, they continue to be down on the country’s direction, and many of them still experience anxiety and depression.
But the new poll also shows how divided they are politically — when it comes to whom they would share a dorm room with, date or marry.
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Overall, the new poll finds a combined 54% of respondents say they would “definitely” or “probably” room with someone who supported the presidential candidate they opposed in 2020, while 46% said they would “probably not” or “definitely not.”
Democratic respondents are much more opposed to rooming with someone who voted differently in 2020 (62% of them say they would “probably not” or “definitely not” room with such a person) than Republican respondents are (28%).
In addition, a combined 53% of all respondents say they definitely or probably wouldn’t go on a date with someone who voted differently, compared to 47% who say they definitely or probably would.
Authored by Mary Chastain via Legal Insurrection
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