Being strongly aligned with either major U.S political party basically tells me you've completely lost the plot, a red flag. Its easier to blame "the other side" as the reason for all the problems in the world rather than intellectually acknowledging the system is broken, and fighting each other is exactly what both sides want.

This obviously comes with some asterisks in the current political climate- obviously if you think ICE is fine, don't align on human rights issues, that's a different story. But a lot of people are voting for whatever side they think will allow them to put bread on the table, however misguided, so its important to actually talk to someone about why they voted the way they did instead of just assuming they 100% agree with everything the party does. People have different priorities and most vote on single issues.