The Daily Show confronts people who won't date across party lines

Birds do it, bees do it, even.... James Carville and Mary Matalin did it. But a surprisingly large number of Americans are solidly against dating (and perhaps falling in love with) someone in the other political party, Jessica Williams said on Thursday night's Daily Show. Williams got some juicy, mind-bending quotes from her panels of inter-party-dating-averse Democrats and Republicans. But what happens when she sends one of the Democrats and one of the Republicans on a date together? "It was a catastrophe," Williams says in a voiceover — just maybe not for the reason you'd expect. —Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.