President Donald Trump’s brought some troubles to American marriages.
A new study from Wakefield Research, which was also emailed to the Deseret News, found that 1 in 5 couples said their marriage or relationship was negatively impacted by President Donald Trump’s election. That number jumped to 1 in 3 among millennials.
The study specifically found that 1 in 10 couples, a combination of married and unmarried, ended their relationship because of political disagreements.
And about 24 percent of those arguments were brought on by Trump’s election specifically.
The survey interviewed 1,000 people nationwide from April 12 to 18.
Lois Brenner, a New York-based divorce attorney, told Fox Business that the study makes sense with what she’s seen.
"In my 35 years of matrimonial practice, I have never seen so many couples split over a political disagreement as with the Trump election. The essence is: You must agree with me. Since I specialize in the psychology of divorce, this essence has its roots in narcissism, antisocial personality disorder and even obsessive compulsive disorder. I am frequently mediating these disputes between couples to help them draft a postnuptial or separation agreement,” Brenner told Fox Business.
This isn’t nothing new, though. The Wall Street Journal reported in February 2016 that American couples often sparred over Trump, who was then the Republican Party’s front-runner.
A Wall Street Journal/NBC poll at the time found 11 percent of people had positive feelings for Trump, while 49 percent had very negative feelings about him.
At the time, a spokesperson for the Trump campaign did not approve of the connection between Trump’s negative polling and couple disagreements.
“The media is blaming us for breaking up marriages now?” said Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks. “That’s a reach.”
But one couple, Jon and Jeannine Hinsman, told the Wall Street Journal that they could survive disagreements over Trump.
"It's making it a testy time," Jeannine Hinman told WSJ. "I know we'll weather this storm, but there are moments when I think, 'I have no idea who you are.'"