Marriage Polarization Among Young Adults

A growing partisan gap now shapes whether young adults want to marry or have children: survey evidence in this article shows supporters of conservative candidates report far higher intentions to wed and parent than progressive peers. If sustained, this cultural split will make family formation and fertility outcomes an axis of partisan alignment rather than solely an economic or cultural social policy problem. — If marriage and parenthood become polarized by party, family‑policy debates (taxes, childcare, leave, housing) will be fought as partisan identity issues, changing which remedies are politically feasible and who benefits from them.