To read recent accounts of modern dating, one might think that conservative young men are in trouble. More young women identify as liberal today, and an increasing number are averse to dating people who do not share their politics. On social media, young women report that they readily swipe right on conservatives, and some even do so on self-identified moderates because they are “closet conservatives.” On Twitter/X one woman summed up her dating philosophy as follows: “I’d rather die alone than date a conservative man.” It's anecdotal, but it certainly does not sound great for conservative singles.
In coastal cities brimming with well-educated, left-leaning singles, the dating market for conservatives is more challenging. During the Trump administration, Politico documented the trouble young Trump officials faced dating in Washington, D.C. But this is an extreme example. Few cities have such a liberal and politically active population of singles as the nation’s capital. In 2016, Trum…
