The results of the study show that supporters of the Democratic Party are mainly distinguished by their reluctance to date supporters of the other party rather than by a preference for fellow Democrats. Republican supporters, by contrast, both favour fellow Republicans and avoid Democratic partners. The study additionally found that politics matters for dating because political views are often seen as reflecting a person’s values, lifestyle, character, and whether they expect their social circle to approve of dating someone.

men are reaching out to women 17 percentile points more attractive, and women contact men who are 10 percentile points more attractive

most attractive men still only get responses 50% of the time
looks like about 1% of men are rating to be in that "most attractive" category
80% of men are rated below "medium" attractiveness
though good news is women discriminate by looks a lot less than men, they message roughly evenly across the attractiveness spectrum