a YouGov survey also showed that Conservatives and Republicans were more relaxed about a child marrying a supporter of the opposite party than the other way around.16 In fact, more Labour voters objected to a daughter marrying a UKIP voter than an actual criminal, a level of sectarianism reminiscent of the old Irish joke about a woman who goes to England and telling her mother she’s become a prostitute. (‘Phew, for a moment there I thought you said Protestant.) During the 2016 US presidential election Pew found Democrats more likely to say a friend voting for the other candidate would put a
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