When the person you love votes the other way

Produced by Christine Hatfield
 
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Book: Oxford University Press / Author: University of Illinois

Millions of Americans are in relationships with people who have different political views. University of Illinois researcher Emily Van Duyn has spent years exploring how people navigate those relationships — and how those relationships, in turn, shape their politics.

Van Duyn joins us to talk about her new book, Hearts Divided: How Politics Shape Our Closest Connections. We discuss how couples handle political disagreement, what happens when kids and in-laws enter the picture, and what these relationships reveal about the state of American democracy.

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Guest

Emily Van Duyn
Associate professor, Department of Communication, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Author, Hearts Divided: How Politics Shape Our Closest Connections