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Politics are becoming increasingly more important to young people when looking for a potential romantic partner — buthaving fireworks in the bedroomisn’t, according to reported data from OKCupid.
An increase was also noted in millennial men, with the amount increasing from 23 percent to 30 percent.
Explaining a possible link between political opinions and what happens in the bedroom, sex therapist Megan Fleming told thePostthat having so much common ground with your partners can have an adverse effect on your sex life.
“If you’re only exposing yourself to people who think like you, you’re living in a silo and missing out on opportunities,” she explained.
“The best sex I’ve ever had was with a guy who I’m fairly sure was a Republican,” 30-year-old Democrat Jen Winston told the outlet. “If I had known he was a Republican, I probably would not have engaged. But if I had known how good the sex was gonna be, I probably would have gone through with it still.”
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And it’s not justhavingpolitical opinions that are important to millennials — they also want their potential romantic partners to get out and vote.
Ahead of the midterm elections last year,USA Todayreported that OkCupid found 85 percent of millennials said voting was “extremely or very important” to them on their dating profiles.
“We added more and more questions about the midterms. Questions like, ‘Would you date someone who didn’t vote?’ And the responses we saw are unprecedented, and we’ve been around 15 years so we know,” OkCupid CMO Melissa Hobley toldCheddarlast November. “Young women in particular are not interested in dating you unless you are exercising your right to vote.”
Hobley went on to tell the outlet that in a recent poll, 58 percent of millennial women on OkCupid said they would rather their matches get out and vote than work out. Additionally, 46 percent of millennial women said they wouldn’t even date a non-voter.
“We love this trend. It’s not even a trend, it’s actually a shift in how people are behaving,” Hobley added. “The sexiest person of the year is a voter.Voting is sexy.”
source: people.com
