--- title: Tinder Bans Bernie Sanders Supporters for Campaigning On App description: Two women were kicked off the dating app after sending too many pro-Sanders campaign messages to prospective matches. canonical: https://time.com/4209665/tinder-bernie-sanders-supporters-banned/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-05T17:32:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:48:47.738Z article:section: Politics og:title: Tinder Bans Bernie Sanders Supporters for Campaigning On App og:description: Two women were kicked off the dating app after sending too many pro-Sanders campaign messages to prospective matches. og:url: https://time.com/4209665/tinder-bernie-sanders-supporters-banned/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt042c40c3a21ebe9a/69887c36524fc04c06df69b3/bernie-hillary-new-hampshire-polls.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: bernie-hillary-new-hampshire-polls og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tinder Bans Bernie Sanders Supporters for Campaigning On App twitter:description: Two women were kicked off the dating app after sending too many pro-Sanders campaign messages to prospective matches. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt042c40c3a21ebe9a/69887c36524fc04c06df69b3/bernie-hillary-new-hampshire-polls.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tinder Bans Bernie Sanders Supporters for Campaigning on App  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Feb 5, 2016 5:32 PM UTC  Democratic Presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during a CNN and the New Hampshire Democratic Party hosted Democratic Presidential Town Hall at the Derry Opera House on February 3, 2016 in Derry, New Hampshire. Democratic Presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during a CNN and the New Hampshire Democratic Party hosted Democratic Presidential Town Hall at the Derry Opera House on February 3, 2016 in Derry, New Hampshire.Joe Raedle—2016 Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Feb 5, 2016 5:32 PM UTC Not everyone is feeling the Bern on Tinder. Two women were kicked off the dating app after sending too many pro-Sanders campaign messages to prospective matches, [Reuters reports](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders-tinder-idUSMTZSAPEC2533E5RP). Robyn Gedrich, 23, from New Jersey, told Reuters she sent messages to 60 people a day for the past two weeks asking them to text a pro-Sanders number that would provide them with a volunteer link and send them campaign updates. Haley Lent, 22, from Iowa, even bought a premium membership of Tinder so she could change her location to New Hampshire after the Iowa caucus. 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