Pods, Politics, and Perhaps True Romance: What Keeps Us Coming Back to Love Is Blind
Emma Betsinger, Brittany Wicker, Jessica Barrett, Amber Morrison, Mike Gibney, Chris Fusco, Devonta Anderson, and Jordan Faeth.© 2026 Netflix, Inc. In various seasons, a number of contestants have spoken about their political beliefs. There was the coyly conservative: “I’m a huge patriot,” season six’s Sarah Ann Bick said by way of sharing her exact views. And the reformed Trump voter: During the seventh season, set in Washington, DC, Stephen Richardson shared that he voted for Trump in 2016 because he “didn’t like Hillary [Clinton],” before voting for Joe Biden in 2020. “I will happily admit that my first vote wasn’t the most educated vote,” he said. Floyd’s murder is mentioned numerous times during the Minneapolis-set eighth season, with contestant Sara Carton opting not to say “I do” because she wanted to be with someone who has thought more about their views on “equality, religion, [and] the vaccine.” Far-right commentators were predictably incensed by Carton’s decision to call things off with the more politically ambivalent Ben Mezzenga. After the episode dropped, Fox News host Laura Ingraham …


