StudyFinds By StudyFinds Analysis
Americans Are Losing Friends Over Politics at Record Rates. Democrats Were More Likely to Say They Walked Away.
In A Nutshell
- More than a third of Americans (37%) report having lost at least one relationship due to political differences, including friendships, family ties, coworker relationships, and romantic partnerships, with most losing more than one.
- Democrats were more likely than Republicans to report a political breakup, and among those who had one, 66% of Democrats said they were the ones who ended it, compared to 27% of Republicans.
- Political breakups have surged since 2016 and may be accelerating: the 2024 election produced a higher breakup rate than the 2016 election in roughly half the time, though researchers caution the evidence is limited.
- People who experienced political breakups held more hostile and distorted views of the other side, rating opposing voters nearly eight points colder on a 100-point scale and significantly overestimating how extreme opponents’ beliefs actually are.
Friendships have ended over it. Family dinners have gotten awkward and stayed that way. For a growing number of Americans, politics hasn’t just created tension; it has cost them relationships entirely.
A large-scale study published in PNAS Nexus found that 37 percent of Americans reported losing a relationship with a friend, family member, romantic partner, or coworker because of political differences. That’s roughly four in ten adults who say politics actually ended a relationship. A clear pattern also emerged in who’s doing the splitting: Democrats were more likely than Republicans to report having lost a relationship over politics, and among those who had a breakup in one survey, Democrats were more likely to say they initiated the split…
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