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They’re Happily Married, They Just Can’t Stand Each Other’s Candidates

October 1, 2024
They’re Happily Married, They Just Can’t Stand Each Other’s Candidates

Politically mixed marriages are a dwindling species in America. And this election season, these couples are finding it even harder to avoid a blowup.

Irwin and Denise Weinberg were sure the neighbors could hear them yelling at each other one recent evening. Denise, a lifelong Republican, was trying to convince her husband, a Democrat-turned-independent, to vote for Donald Trump.

“I don’t want to talk about it!” Irwin shouted at his wife.

“I’m going to bed,” she fired back.

Welcome to divided marriage in 2024.

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