A third of young voters said they wouldn't want to be friends with someone who voted for a different presidential candidate: poll

• The US has increasingly become politically polarized in recent decades.
• A third of respondents in a recent poll said they can't even be friends with rival party supporters.
• A similar poll in 2016 found that 7% of voters reported friendships ending because of the election.

As the 2024 presidential election quickly approaches, a large number of young adults say they're unwilling to be friends with someone voting for the presidential candidate of the opposing political party.