A local politician in Hawaii wanted to find an irreverent way to reach out to his constituency. He encouraged people to swipe right to begin engaging political discourse. Things didn’t go well. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

“A Hawaiian politician who is seeking higher office went on Tinder to connect with voters—but many singles on the mobile dating app missed his point entirely, he said.

Hawaii County Councilman Greggor Ilagan created a profile to start conversations about political change, he told the Honolulu Civil Beat. But the innocent effort did little to help his campaign. “At first, I put both genders—male and female,” said Ilagan, who is running for state senate (and happens to be single). “But because it’s a dating site, there were actually a lot of guys that were hitting on me.”

“I was always having to direct people back to the main focus,” he added. “They asked me, ‘Oh, can I have a date?’ And I said, ‘Well, we can have a meeting and we can talk about government and maybe you can help out on the campaign.’””*

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