Most survey respondents said they were open to moving to a place where most of their neighbors are of a different race, ethnicity or religion, according to Redfin. But, 38% said they would hesitate to move someplace where their political views would be in the minority, although that’s down slightly from 41% in 2017 and 42% in 2016.
“This decade’s tumultuous political climate has widened the aisle between parties not only in Congress and the voting booth, but in our nation’s communities,” Redfin’s chief economist, Daryl Fairweather, said in a statement. “While the share of homebuyers and sellers who hesitate about moving to a place where most people have different ideologies has been declining, I imagine tensions will start to flare again as we head into the 2020 election year.”