Religiosity is commonly the strongest signifier of a romantic match. For better or for worse, young Republicans are finding that “MAGA” fills that role well enough.

The rumor is that outright conservatism is how young, urban professionals now do best at finding dates and party invitations. More than a rumor: Profiles of the “Make America Hot Again Scene,” a play on “Make America Great Again,” color the pages of the New York Post and Wall Street Journal with details of young people who “embody a new kind of conservative, one who is less focused on sticking to the party lines and more interested in swinging the culture to the right.”