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Couple questions on the data here. The graphs are showing people who are distinctly a political position.

But first how distinct is distinct? Are we taking extreme activist or just pretty committed?

Second how much of the potential mate pool remains closer to political center. Seems like 30 to 35% potentially given the graph.

Because if distinct is not that extreme and you have a decently sized center pool, then your say slightly left of center males can marry the distinctly left females and have reasonable overlap on value. At least to the point political views are not a negative and shared values in other areas can be the foundation of the relationship.

The lack of a centrist pool or unwillingness of the distinct individuals to shop for mates in that pool would signal a problem, but I don’t see the article build a case for either condition.