This guest post is from Regent Law graduate & Family Law student, Kelly Aeschlimann:
On
March 9, 2023, ABC News updated their list of who is running for president in
2024 and other potential candidates who have not confirmed their intentions.
News channels have been speculating and commenting heavily on one Republican
candidate who announced his bid for candidacy on November 15, 2022. The big
question is whether divorce rates will increase in 2024 based on the upcoming
election?
An article published by the Family Lawyer Magazine on December 5, 2022,
addressed the issue of whether divorce is now driven by political indifferences
between spouses. After the 2016 election, family law attorneys reported a new
basis seen by clients for divorce: political strife. In 2017, a study by
Wakefield Research reported that a third of married people said they would get
a divorce if their spouse voted for a specific candidate…Mr. Donald Trump.
Twenty-nine percent said their political indifferences had a negative impact
for their relationship, causing roughly eleven percent of couples to end their
relationships. One of the most memorable examples is Gayle McCormick, a
California resident who divorced her husband after twenty-two years of marriage
because he voted for Trump in the 2016 election.
There continues to be a
general concern that the divorce rate will again be affected by political
disagreements between spouses, especially among younger generations. More
than one-fifth of Millennials ended their relationship due to political differences. And nearly thirty-five percent of Millennials know of someone
whose marriage or relationship was negatively impacted by the 2016 election.
Law Firm Goldberg Jones, says it best: “If you and your spouse have political disagreements, whether that leads to divorce depends on you. . . . focus on the values you share instead of those you don’t.”
Ideally, pray for one another, and pray together to build and maintain a strong foundation in the Lord. Ephesians 5:33
reminds all of God's children that “Each one of you also must love his wife as he
loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.” When a marriage or
relationship is confronted with adversity, do not give up at the first sight of
conflict but rather seek sound advice to make you two stronger!
Sources:
“A Country Divided: 10 Percent of American Couples Have Ended a Relationship Because of Political Differences…and a THIRD Say They Would Consider Getting a Divorce if Their Spouse Backed Trump,” WAKEFIELD (May 10, 2017), https://wakefieldresearch.com/country-divided-10-per-cent-american-couples-ended-relationship-political-differences-third-say-consider-getting-divorce-spouse-backed-trump/.
Goldberg, Jones, Divorce Over Politics? How Political Differences Cause Divorce, GOLDBERG JONES (June 27, 2022), https://www.goldbergjones-or.com/divorce/political-differences-causing-divorce/.
Robinson, Gray, Are Political Differences Driving Divorce? FAMILY LAWYER MAGAZINE (Dec. 5, 2022), https://familylawyermagazine.com/are-political-differences-driving-divorce/.
Silverstein, Jason, Woman Claims Her Marriage of 22 Years Ended Over Husband’s Donald Trump
Vote, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS (Feb. 7, 2017),
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/couple-22-years-divorcing-trump-vote-article-1.2966332.
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