For me it’s the lack of empathy and TRUE Christian values displayed by today’s Republican Party - no concern for the poor or disabled. No kindness. Letting the rich have huge tax breaks they don’t need but fighting every step of the way against universal healthcare. Way too many things to mention that to me reflect very poor values. Grabbing them by the pu**y? Mocking a disabled reporter? I cannot conceive of being interested in any man who thought that was okay. Or that supports a party represented by Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene. Or that swallows the gigantic lie that the election wasn’t valid. I wouldn’t have dated a Nazi in the early 1930’s in Germany either.
I’m not saying every Republican is a bad person. But the ones I respected have left this version of the party. And anyone who thinks this is okay has SUCH different values and view of the world that I would not be a fit for them.
I want tax structures that can close the wealth gap and bring it back to what it was when I was young. I want the minimum wage to keep pace with inflation. I want universal healthcare. I want minorities to be treated equitably. I want proper oversight of rogue policemen. I want women to be paid equally for equal work. I want social policies that support poor families and the children in them. You cannot want the things I value and support this current rage-fueled fact-free version of the Republican Party. So I understand the differences in the stats - Republicans are willing to date Dems because we aren’t threatening. Dems don’t want to date Republicans because we see them as scary angry gun-toting racists who make fun of “liberal” (translation: true Christian) values.
Republicans fought against gay marriage, the minimum wage, the equal rights amendment, the civil rights movement - basically, every bit of progress we have made socially has been opposed by the Republican Party, and now they are vigorously trying to rob people of the right to vote.
My trans son is in danger because of what Republican leaders say and do. He is a brilliant, loving, kind, honorable human being and I could never dare someone who supports a party that wants to deny his humanity.
Does this solve the mystery of why Democratic women don’t want to date Republican men?
