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Election Day is just two weeks away, and the hyper-partisan atmosphere seems to keep growing and growing. But there's a pair of Ohio voters who know that blood is thicker than politics 鈥� and they were together at a Donald Trump rally.

For months, presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have been trading jabs and insults.

鈥淚t鈥檚 just awfully good that someone with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in this country,鈥� said Clinton during the second presidential debate.

Trump replied, 鈥淐ause you鈥檇 be in jail.鈥�

During the third debate Clinton said, 鈥淐ontribution will go up, as will Donald鈥檚 assuming he can鈥檛 figure out how to get out of it.鈥�

鈥淪uch a nasty woman,鈥� Trump interjected.

And there鈥檚 no shortage of that kind of hostility at their rallies, particularly one featuring Donald Trump.

A group of people at a Trump rally in Delaware County start chanting, 鈥淏ill鈥檚 a rapist!鈥�

Paula Riggs, a Trump supporter from Marion, says she鈥檚 been aware of the bickering.

鈥淚 taught for 34 years and sometimes it looks like a middle school fight,鈥� said Riggs.

But to Riggs, voting for Trump means voting for the conservative platform she supports. She has some harsh thoughts on Clinton too.

鈥淚 feel like she has lied so many times that she鈥�if it was anyone else even if she wasn鈥檛 in prison she wouldn鈥檛 be running for office and how can we allow that to happen,鈥� Riggs said.

That鈥檚 not an unusual sentiment to hear at a Trump rally. What is unique is that Riggs says all of this just feet away from Polly Pohlable of Cincinnati, who happens to be a Clinton supporter. Pohlable says Clinton will be more inclusive as president.

鈥淚 think we do have to work together. I think we have to, we鈥檙e a nation of immigrants. We have to work together. We have to talk to both sides. I don鈥檛 think you鈥檙e going to solve anything just by putting another person down,鈥� said Pohlable.

Polly and Paula aren鈥檛 just friends who happen to find themselves on opposing ends of this election. They鈥檙e also identical twin sisters.

Paula, a reliably Republican voter, says she likes Trump鈥檚 stances against Planned Parenthood and gun control, she also supports his foreign policies. Polly, who regularly votes Democratic, sides with Clinton on issues like immigration, moderate gun control and LGBT rights.

As Paula explains, this is a political gap the sisters have dealt with for years.

鈥淲e鈥檝e had fights over the guns. We鈥檝e had fights over abortion issues. We鈥檝e had fights over a lot of the things that he stands for鈥︹��

Polly jumps in, 鈥淣ot fights just discussions.鈥�

Paula continues, 鈥淵eah and I feel like she tries to back things up with facts and I try to back things up with facts but it鈥檚 how you interpret the facts.鈥�

An example of the latest disagreement between the sisters comes from Donald Trump鈥檚 theory that the election might be rigged. Polly thinks those claims can be dangerous, but Paula thinks there is cause for concern.

鈥淓ven if the election is not close and he would lose 鈥� you know he鈥檚 blamed everybody else all along, everything that鈥檚 happened, he never takes blame for anything,鈥� said Polly.

鈥淚 think there鈥檚 proof the election鈥檚 rigged. Not that the election is rigged but there鈥檚 voter fraud,鈥� Paula added.

Even though Paula and Polly have their disagreements, the sisters believe it鈥檚 important to have these kinds of relationships to better understand the world they鈥檙e living in and, as Polly adds, it gives them more perspective.

鈥淵ou have to listen to both sides of the issue to know what your beliefs are. I鈥檓 not just going to be against somebody because they鈥檙e a Republican or because they鈥檙e a Democrat, you鈥檝e got to hear the issues,鈥� said Polly.

Even though this presidential race has seemed to cause more bitterness than usual among political rivals, Polly swears it hasn鈥檛 done anything to hurt their relationship as sisters.

But I did have one more question.

鈥淲hat鈥檚 Thanksgiving dinner like?鈥�

鈥淲e don鈥檛 discuss politics,鈥� said Polly.

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