IN the wake of the season 25 Bachelor drama, Bachelor Nation is curious as to which side Matt James leans politically.

James' very controversial and historic season finale finally came to a close after a lot of drama and tears on March 14.

Is Matt James a Democrat or Republican?

Matt James, who was born and raised in North Carolina, was a registered Republican with an active voting record in New York State as of June 2020.

Since January 2020, James’s registration has since changed to “not enrolled in a party,” according to Vulture.

This confirmed that he had switched political party affiliations since he took on his former Bachelor role.

Although he has never made any public comments on politics, his mother Patty follows Republican-leaning accounts which include Donald Trumo and Melania Trump.

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On the premiere of season 25 of The Bachelor, he claimed he typically dated a certain "type" of woman.

“You’ve got people who have certain views, old-school views, on what a relationship and what love looks like, and you’ve got people who are cheering for you to find love,” he explained.

“And then you’ve got people who are cheering for you to end up with a specific person, a specific person of a specific race. That’s something that kept me up at night. It’s like, I don’t want to piss off Black people, I don’t want to piss off white people, but I’m both of those, you know what I mean? It’s like, how do I please everybody?”

Who did Matt James pick on The Bachelor season 25?

Rachael Kirkconnell was picked by Matt James at the final episode for season 25.

Despite emphasizing he is "ready to find" his wife all season, did NOT get down on one knee as is typical Bachelor tradition.

Kirkconnell and Michelle Young were the two finalists on the show's finale.

Bri Springs was in the final three, but was sent home by Matt after the Fantasy Suites episode.

Kirkconnell was pictured for the first time in February of 2021 after being embroiled in a racism scandal.

Old photos resurfaced of the beauty attending an Old South-themed antebellum party resurfaced and led to massive backlash.

She was also alleged to have "liked" racist social media posts in the past.

What did Matt James say about Rachael Kirkconnell racism scandal?

James compared his time with Kirkconnell to a "honeymoon," until the photos about her past surfaced.

At first, James tried to support her and dismissed the talk as just rumors, but when Kirkconnell publicly owned up to the photos James had to take care of himself and the hurt she caused him.

"If you don't under that some like that is problematic in 2018, there's a lot of me that you won't understand," James said of the three-year-old photos.

"I stepped back and let her do the work she's committed to doing."

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