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New dating services serve a polarized nation
Posted Nov 7, 2012
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Suppose your boyfriend voted for the wrong person. Consider logging on to bluestatedate.com or redstatedate.com, new websites designed to help people find their perfect liberal or conservative love. "The political party you're a member of is more salient to people today than it was 20 years ago," said Kevin Arceneaux, a Temple professor of political science. "It doesn't surprise me that the ultimate outcome of that in a capitalist society would be somebody setting up a shingle: 'If you're the type of person who really wants to date a Republican or a Democrat, we'll help you do that.'"