They fought about immigration and the repeal of DACA, a program that had protected young immigrants. The breaking point came when local restaurants were given permission to open for inside dining and Pierson said she only felt safe outdoors. “He got very angry with me and said how ridiculous that was and how the economy was going to be wrecked,” she said.

Eighty-four percent of singles employing Dating.com would probably not even date someone with opposing political views, said Maria Sullivan, vice president of the dating site. In the third quarter, he said, the site recorded a 51% increase in mail searches across political parties. And OkCupid’s global communications chief, Michael Kaye, said the platform’s policy filtering issues had gained over a hundred million responses.

“He put a clause that I would be written out of his trust if I married a registered Democrat,” she said, joking that yes, this does significantly limit her dating pool.

“A few weeks after Trump took office, a member wrote in her profile, ‘I divorced my husband. He voted for Trump!’ That’s a whole new level of political polarization.”

Then there are those who seem to be united by the fights, like Wende Thoman and William Sterns, either 72 years old. When it comes to politics, the delray Beach, Florida couple disagrees at best.

Sanchez, the California business operations consultant, has pledged to continue to work through the political-induced complications she and her husband are facing. “At some point,” she said, “we will have to have a serious sit down to realign as a couple and focus on all of the things we really enjoy together.”