Millenniale identiteitspolitiek sloopt online dating: Trump-stemmers en conservatieven kansloos op Tinder, Bumble en datingsites.
16 February 2020
16:34
“Romance seekers see a heightened value in knowing their potential suitors’ political affiliations. Major dating platforms including OkCupid, Hinge and Bumble have introduced filters to sift out matches with “incompatible” politics.
OkCupid saw a 187% increase in political mentions on profiles between 2017 and 2018. The company says the trend continued in 2019.
The platform finds millennials to be the most likely to filter out matches with differing politics compared to Gen X or Gen Z.
“Voting is the new six pack,” Hobley said. “It is way less about what you look like, and much more what you believe in and what you care about.”
Anti-Trump mentions on OkCupid profiles have spiked by more than 52% since 2017, while mentions of “conservative terms” fell by 78% in 2019.”