Could you date a person who has the complete opposite political views?

Yeah why not?
I dont think political view will affect our relationship.
We can just appreciate any other perspectives and we also can hold our own principles.

Neither my husband nor myself could ever date a person with the total opposite political views. We are of one mind when it comes to politics, which is nice, since I can legally vote in Canadian elections and he can legally vote in American ones. If we agree, and we always do autmoatically, we each have a say in eachother's elections./

It all depends on how hard core they are. There is no way in hell I could ever be with someone who was a hard core republican or democrat.

good day... why not as long as we can respect each others point of view then there's going to be no problem about it.

Dear friend,
As long as she or that person loves or likes to date with without any uncomfortable to me I hope each persons has their own views and opinions and it might her view to express her part to particular political party. I hope that may not effect our relationship. More than that I would consider other thins like loving reach other and trust we have to go on with a smooth happy relationship. Having their own views is subject the possession of an individuals character. I hope until she loves me and trusts me I do carry on my dating if I get one.

Hi Sarah:

I could and have. We just never talk about politics.

Ivor

I personally think politics and political views have nothing to do with a relationship,unless you are dating a politician or something,if my fiance had the exact opposite political views then me,I honestly would not care,because it is her choice if she chooses to support the democrats or the republicans,and even though I have always supported the republicans,now I really do not care about either side.

What a great question! I'm not really sure how it would work for me if I hadn't married young and met someone who was a die-hard conservative. I think if two people had opposite political views but politics wasn't a major thing in their life for either of them, it probably could work unless or until something came up in their life that would make it an issue. For me, I met my husband when I was just 16 and he'd just turned 17. I come from a politically engaged family and he did not, although our family backgrounds were similar and his family was for the most part all Democrats, they just didn't eat, drink and sleep it like mine did. We were both still too young to vote when we got married but as soon as the age got lowered my dad went and got us both voter registration cards to sign. After 38 years of marriage I'm still the political junkie in the family but my husband and the rest of his side of the family have gotten more engaged through the years and we all agree on the biggest issues.

One couple that absolutely amazes me is James Carville and Mary Matalin. They've been married for years now and it seems like they have a great marriage yet they both earn their livings from being political advisers, him for the Democrats and her for the Republicans and they seem to be on the opposite side of every issue.
Annie

Not only does my husband have different political views than me, so does my mother. It makes for some pretty interesting conversations. It does not effect our relationship at all. I encourage different points of views, and ways of thinking.

Well, if you two agree to disagree in everything except WEATHER! Then I dont think its sensible to be so contrasting in relationships. Its better to have atleast a handful of similarities, and even if the two of you have less similarities you should try to accept or ignore the other person, but this cant go on long.