MAGA followers are reportedly struggling to find suitable matches in Washington, D.C., complaining that the conservative dating scene is not what they expected.
The challenge is tough for conservatives, who are often outnumbered by liberals in the city, according to a new report from the Washington Post Tuesday.
It starts with the numbers. In fact, 92.5 percent of Washington, D.C. voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
Susan Trombetti, CEO of Exclusive Matchmaking, described dating in D.C. as “political polarization on steroids.”
Morgan Housley, 29, describes the disappointment after looking for a man in Washington, D.C. and how she hoped to find someone who "loved the Lord," enjoyed going to church on Sunday and could go running with her — but no one meeting those qualifications has materialized.
She wanted to find someone who can “provide and protect, emotionally, physically, spiritually, all of those things.”
“I felt like, being in conservative politics, there would be more, like, masculine men in the conservative movement,” Housley said, “and I find that a lot of them aren’t as masculine as I would have hoped.”
When she did meet someone at a conservative mixer — tall, blond and blue-eyed — her friends told her he wasn't really Christian. He apparently said that he grew up Catholic, but he wasn't actively attending church. So she moved along.
The Post asked whether she would consider dating any of the military men in fatigues patrolling the streets of D.C.
“Clearly, they’re taking care of their bodies, they’ve got masculine traits of leadership and protection. Definitely admire that,” Housley said. “Would not be opposed to dating or talking to a National Guard.”
A 27-year-old Republican staffer, who did not disclose her name because her employer does not allow her to speak to media organizations, said she would be open to dating someone with different political ideologies. But there is one limit.
“There’s a lot of talk around the word ‘fascism’ and people on the left calling people on the right ‘fascists’ and ‘Nazis,’” she said.
“I think if somebody genuinely thought that, they probably wouldn’t want to date me anyways, but like, that’s a red flag, because then you think that I’m that, which I’m not, whatsoever, and never will be. But I mean, my partner can’t think I’m a fascist. That’s crazy,” she added.