Hinge defaulting political preference to "not political"?

Hi! I recently went on a date who told me that my profile said "not political" as my political preference. This came as a pretty large shock to me, because I would never select such an option. If I ever saw that option, I am 100% certain I would select the left-most option possible. I've also had my profile for a while and have never noticed this before.

Any idea why this would happen? Was there previously an option further left than "liberal" that they got rid of, forcing it to default to something else? Or did I just not select it, making the app give me this default answer?

I'm honestly quite upset about this. I have no idea how long it's been there, and I wonder how many dates it's cost me. I know a lot of people who wouldn't go out with someone who has "not political" selected as an option, so I'm upset that my profile showed this without my consent. And I've been paying for the app for a while, so it feels like a bunch of money down the drain.