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 cities

- During a pickleball match

- Political leanings of animals

- Throughout popular culture

And much, much more.