It seems too genteel on here today. I am going to kick it up a notch by asking the following question. Would you date or marry someone that was your polar opposite on several things including politics?
I think harmony trumps conflict in the marital relationship. It's great to know that your partner knows and understands you as well as they do themselves, and lets you know it by simply accepting you in quiet reassurance. Silence is golden.
My wife of 44 years accepts all my foibles and personal ideosyncracies with the calm reassurance of someone who feels exactly the same way on any number of personal "issues" and appreciates the same in return...It makes it easier to be yourself without a lot or self examination, and it's nice to know you're not alone when the company of someone of a like mind is needed .