I remember being at a reunion dinner with school friends, all but one of whom were liberal Democrats. They were outraged when I reminded them I had headed up the Reagan campaign at my graduate school, with one of the spouses remarking in all seriousness, that I seemed to be intelligent.
No wonder they can say in all honesty that a they “don’t know a soul” who voted for the conservative.
I have some acquaintances/clients with whom I would never talk politics. I pretend I’m not interested in the topic. Why burn a bridge? They’ll never change their minds.