During these tense times, and across an ever-increasingly politically polarized nation, it’s just too hard to identify exactly who your friends are… and who out there are your bitter adversaries. Democrat or Republican? Progressive or Conservative? What’s a person to do? Fortunately, there are telltale signs that can be used to determine, with a 100% success rate, a stranger’s political affiliation.

All these factors and more are detailed in Red Tie, Blue Tie: How to Tell if Someone is Liberal or Conservative in Any Possible Scenario In this extremely witty, hilarious, and eerily astute book, humorists and self-proclaimed political scientists Gary M. Almeter and Reese Cassard will equip you with the sociological tools necessary to keep your allies close and your enemies at a comfortable distance.

Learn all about how to spot liberals and conservatives:• On a first date• By the car they drive• At youth soccer games• In the park, grocery store, or at a bar (dive or fancy)• In many major American city• During a pickleball match• Throughout popular culture And much, much more. .