If one partner is fiscally conservative while the other believes in after-school programs and universal healthcare, the issue might be less of a problem than it would be for a couple whose political ideology is closely associated with their core value system. The real question is, can you respectfully agree to disagree with your partner? For some couples, heated debates can be a great aphrodisiac!

Brenda Della Casa
Author, Cinderella Was a Liar
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Because your partner has a different political views is not a reason to end a relationship. This should greaten your communication on why you both have different views. I have dated a man and both was on different sides of the party. It did not cause any conflict but allow us both to have open minds. There will be things either of you will not agree on. Allowing yourself to listen(does not mean you have to agree; you may just learn something.

My husband and I have been on opposite sides of the fence in this election, but it hasn't had a negative impact on our marriage. In fact, I enjoy our heated political debates (we just make sure not to discuss politics all the time). It also helps that in my family, everyone has their own political opinion, so I am used to being at odds every now and then. We have had many "arguments" about politics around the dinner table, and it hasn't hurt our family dynamic in the least.

It depends on how many things you disagree on. In any relationship, you will have different views on all sorts of things, so you pick your battles, i.e., which are you willing to compromise on and which aren't you.

This one isn't really an issue for me because I'm not political at all. I tend to vote Democratic because I like their more liberal policies. But, I'm not opposed to listening to other people's points of view. I think that's where we go wrong in society, refusing to listen to other people's perspectives and assuming that only we have the right answers. But some people are pretty set in their ways and beliefs so I'm not surprised to see this is something that would cause strife in a relationship.

I guess it would have to depend on their reasoning. I'm a pretty staunch Democrat, but my father is a lifelong Republican, so I've learned how to deal with political difference. It's always nice to have a hearty debate if the other person has done his or her homework and isn't just spouting off whatever they happened to hear on Fox news.
There are a lot of couples who have made inter-party relationships work. Look at Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver.