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Based on the popular vote, being right wing gives you a bigger dating pool than being left wing according to this principle. Then again, right wingers are more likely to talk to their political opposition rather than leaving or getting violent, since they aren't as used to echo chambers.
For starters, this is not true.
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2014/10/21/political-polarization-media-habits/#3a082c255f37fd89b45f5e60ed013772
Definitely don't forget this gem either:
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I guess if your a closet homosexual.
Echo chambers are, if anything, more common on the right. There is research about this, e.g.:
https://connorjerzak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Psychological-Science-2015-Barbera%CC%81-1531-42.pdf
Right wing people tend to be either married or incels (because they couldn't find a spouse).