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.