Raw Story: Election 2016 is tearing some men and women’s relationships apart

[Farmgirl1961]

This is just so sad. Bad enough that this election is ripping the country apart...it's also tearing apart relationships.

October 30, 2016
Evan Halper
Tribune Washington Bureau
Posted with permission from Tribune Content Agency
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WASHINGTON — The North Carolina couple won't even watch the news in the same room anymore. He is voting for Donald Trump to cancel out her vote for Hillary Clinton. The tension has brought their marriage to its lowest point, she said.

"I really, genuinely think the marriage is the worst it has ever been," said Tasha, who, like the others in a Charlotte, N.C., focus group last week, gave just her first name.

"It is a train wreck. I do not even want to hear it," she said. "He has to put headphones on to listen to his Fox News. It sends me over the edge."

Asked later to name one positive attribute about Clinton, Tasha's husband, Kyler, struggled.

"There might have been something before this campaign," he said. "But I hate her."

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http://www.rawstory.com/2016/10/election-2016-is-tearing-some-men-and-womens-relationships-apart/

[BlueStater]

1. When I learn someone is a Trump supporter, I don't just think they're wrong.

I question whether they're even a good person.

[onecaliberal]

3. Me too.

[sarae]

5. Me three.

My opinion of them sinks like a rock.

[SharonClark]

20. Agree

and its another reason not to talk politics at work. I overheard a guy at work say Hillary is a liar repeatedly so my radar ears were listening for more nonsense. Subsequently I've overheard him say a few anti-minority statements to a bobble head white woman who is married to a black man. "Overheard" is an understatement, he's talks non-stop and is quite loud.

[yardwork]

21. I feel the same.

[grossproffit]

2. I met a lady last week that said she doesn't even know her husband anymore. He's a Trump supporter..

He hasn't watched one of his speeches, or any debates, he's just voting for Trump. She was with Trump in the beginning, but that changed in May, to supporting Hillary. She can't even stand to look at him any longer. I did give her my email address if she needs to talk to someone. Her anger was real.

[sarae]

4. So...

He is voting for Donald Trump to cancel out her vote for Hillary Clinton.

She should just tell him she decided not to vote (and then vote).

[Cha]

10. You

bad!

I wouldn't be able to handle a drumpfuck in my life.'

:sarae

[sarae]

12. Me either...

liking Drumpf in any way is grounds for divorce!

hi Cha!

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

6. I can honestly say that I find Trump so disgusting that if my significant other supported him

I would end the relationship over it. Anyone who could support someone so disgusting lacks the judgement, moral fiber and sense of right and wrong/values that are so important to me.

[Cha]

8. Yeah, I bet my ex-husband does even though I would hope no.

I hear via my kids that he's a fox truther so probably does.

It never would have worked out.

[Cha]

7. You know why he hates Hillary? Because the sucker has

been brainwashed by a sexual predator. Good job, Tasha's husband.. you're a real genius.

[Garrett78]

9. Women are just now realizing they're married to assholes?

If their husbands are supporting Trump, there were likely clues prior to this election cycle that their husbands are xenophobic, misogynistic, racist jerks.

[SunSeeker]

11. I can't imagine being married to a Trump supporter. I couldn't even be friends with one.

I'm not saying I can't be civil with a Trump supporter, but given the sort of backward, uninformed mindset they would need to have to support Trump, I could never have an intimate relationship with them. How can a woman have a trusting relationship with a bigot/misogynist?

[Cha]

13. Exactly, SunSeeker.. no matter how much

they try to rationalize it.

drumpf is an admitted sexual predator when he thought no one was listening 'cept billy bush.

And, a pathological liar.. AND, an admitted racist and all around dictator.

[Godhumor]

14. Thank God my wife doesn't have to worry about this particular issue

Being on DU at 1:00 in the morning, on the other hand, might come up again.

[SunSeeker]

15. LOL

Been there done that. I'll try to get to bed earlier tonight.

[DemonGoddess]

16. What's weird is I went through this with my SO

during the LAST election. Not happening in this one, though. EVEN THOUGH he is a staunch Republican, and his family has been for generations, he is voting blue this time around. For Gregg, for Bayh, AND for Clinton!

He is absolutely REPULSED by the orange one.

[forjusticethunders]

17. i couldn't marry a conservative

too fundamentally different in terms of outlook.

[Demsrule86]

19. My hubs was a Republican.

I did not know when I met him...by the time I realized it...I was madly in love. We met 29 years ago today in a bar;he was wearing his New York cool costume which I thought was a costume...me in sweats with a ponytail after a long day of data entry at my second job . I lived in Connecticut. I did not even date Republicans...and wept when Reagan was elected (boy was I right even if I was a child). Well now , my husband is even more liberal than me if that is possible...and voted for Bill Clinton and every Democrat since... (first Democrat he ever voted for). He is a great guy too in every way. We met on Halloween and were married in July...He jokes and says I 'saved' him from Republican hell. Those nasty angry people are mostly miserable.

[GWC58]

18. My wife is a center Democrat.

While she does not believe in abortion she does say "it's up to the woman." She cannot stomach tRump, said he "sickens" her.😖

[redStateBlueHeart]

22. This article hits close to home. This shit is hard.

I just hope my SO snaps out of it after Nov. 8th...

[Kentonio]

23. I genuinely don't understand how a husband can look at his wife..

And say "I'm voting for the guy who likes to sexually assault women". I just don't get it.