How does your name vote?

[digamma]

Fun little database of how people with your first name vote. (http://www.claritycampaigns.com/names/)

My fellow names are 54.7% Elephant.

[DaddyTorgo]

I'm pretty much an even split. 50.3% to 49.7%.

46.3% of people with my name have a gun. 58.2% have a college degree. And 49.2% attend religious service weekly.

Compared it to my sibs and parents - my mother has the most democratic name, followed by one of my sisters, then my little brother. My other sister and I are at the bottom of the "family pile" along with my dad.

[cartman]

Strange. There is a 4% difference between the short and full versions of my name.

[AnalBumCover]

Interesting to see what the variations to my name bring.

Robert/Rob/Bob are 53% Republican
Bobby is 53% Democrat

And out of curiosity, Roberto is 71.5% Democrat

[ISiddiqui]

75% Dem

[Honolulu_Blue]

50.7% Democrat for the full version and 54.6% dem for the short.

[Izulde]

Both variants of my name vote 54% elephant, amusingly enough.

[Fidatelo]

My full name sways almost 53% republican, my short name over 51% democratic.

[Thomkal]

I'm very disappointed in my name

[Kodos]

Thank goodness my short name goes Democrat, even if just barely. Full version leans slightly Republican.

[NobodyHere]

Wow, Adolf is more likely to vote democrat, and there's 1159 of them.

[Kodos]

Benito is 72% Democrat. Eat that, Elephants!

[molson]

Pretty much any random word has been used as a name. I guess that should be obvious in a country this big, but it's amusing that there are 46 registered voters with the first name "starlight", and 30.2% of them are Republican. There's also apparently 61 registered voters named "soda" (25.7% Republican), and 231 registered voters named "seven" (36.8% Republican).

Edit: Also, 11 registered voters named "Idaho" (32.8% Republican). Either that, or they just screwed up their voter registration card and put their state in the name field. Also 12 "Trout"s (39.5% Republican), but zero "Pumpy"s. OK, now I've spent about 5 minutes trying to find a name that has exactly one registered voter. I must stop this nonsense.

[oykib]

One thing about this... male names are significantly likely to be Republican overall. The reverse is true of female names.

[bhlloy]

Imaginary FOFC points to the person who can find the highest R percentage with over 1000 registered voters. D is pretty easy because of the huge Hispanic and African American voting block.

[molson]

There are eleven registered voters named eleven. I'm not shitting you.

[molson]

Imaginary FOFC points to the person who can find the highest R percentage with over 1000 registered voters. D is pretty easy because of the huge Hispanic and African American voting block.

"Bud" is 59% Republican. (out of 16,040 registered voters) That's the reddest name I've found yet.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Imaginary FOFC points to the person who can find the highest R percentage with over 1000 registered voters. D is pretty easy because of the huge Hispanic and African American voting block.

Without even looking at the list, if there's enough males named "Reagan" to qualify, I'd put an imaginary dollar on that being a contender.

[molson]

Without even looking at the list, if there's enough males named "Reagan" to qualify, I'd put an imaginary dollar on that being a contender.

I sneaked in there with an edit a couple of minutes ago with this info so I'll reply with it here instead

"Reagan" is 58% Republican (out of 5,019 registered voters). Second to "Bud" so far.

[BYU 14]

Pretty much split down the middle in all areas, with college degree 52.6 being the biggest disparity.

[JonInMiddleGA]

I sneaked in there with an edit a couple of minutes ago with this info so I'll reply with it here instead "Reagan" is 58% Republican (out of 5,019 registered voters). Second to "Bud" so far.

Thanks for checking, nice to know I made a good run at it :)

[nol]

Imaginary FOFC points to the person who can find the highest R percentage with over 1000 registered voters. D is pretty easy because of the huge Hispanic and African American voting block.

Tanner and Hunter are clocking in at 60.8 and 59.2 percent.

[cartman]

Rambo only had 101 registered voters. It trended 58.1% to the Democrats.
24 named Gatsby, trending 2/3rds to the Democrats

917 named Mortimer, 59.8% to the Democrats
39,544 named Randolph, 53.6% to the Democrats

12,611 named Carter, 53.3% to the Republicans
372,218 named Gerald, 52.5% to the Republicans
46,069 named Abraham, 68% to the Democrats
66,935 named Clinton, 51.2% to the Republicans

[Izulde]

Buck is 57.2% Republican. which is the reddest name I've personally found so far.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

There's also apparently 61 registered voters named "soda" (25.7% Republican).

My dad worked with a guy who's name was Soda Pop. Seriously.

Even better, he named his daughter Lolli.

[Radii]

Buck is 57.2% Republican. which is the reddest name I've personally found so far.

hah, "Dick" has that beat at 57.9%.

Richard is 54%. Rich is exactly 50/50.

[Kodos]

I am disappointed that nobody is named "Penis". It'd be especially funny if I named my kid Penis. But that's because my last name is Pullen.

[molson]

I am disappointed that nobody is named "Penis". It'd be especially funny if I named my kid Penis. But that's because my last name is Pullen.

There are 52 registered voters named "weiner", so that's something. (75.6% Democrat).

Ya, I did just type in a bunch of dirty words into that website, whatever, I'm an adult, I can spend my time on what I want, shut up.

[Danny]

Theres 700 voters named Baby

[Danny]

I am disappointed that nobody is named "Penis". It'd be especially funny if I named my kid Penis. But that's because my last name is Pullen.

Dickie Pullen has a nice ring to it

[korme]

Cade 62.2% (~2.5k)
Bart 58.9% (~17k)
Dale 56.6% (~242k)

There are 15 registered Jim Bob's, and they vote 67% republican.

18 of the 21 registered God's are democrats.

Is there any name spelled two ways that greater varies than Duane (55% Rep.) and Dwayne (35% Rep.)

[Kodos]

What about Richard Lester Wonder?

[Kodos]

Dickie Pullen has a nice ring to it

Peter Pullen works too.

[mckerney]

18 of the 21 registered God's are democrats.

And 73.8% of those named Jesus are Democrats. So much for the Religious Right. :p
Though only 31% of Gods and 47% of Jesuses attend religious services. :redface:

[cartman]

2,406 with the first name of Rock, 53% Republican
714 with the first name of Stone, 53% Democratic

[Danny]

And 73.8% of those named Jesus are Democrats. So much for the Religious Right. :p
Though only 31% of Gods and 47% of Jesuses attend religious services. :redface:

The bigger issue is Jesus not attending church

[Julio Riddols]

Keyshawn is a pretty rare name, only 160 of them registered. Not a very religious name. only ~30% of Keyshawns attend service regularly. There are 49 more people named Tsang, a name with a 59.3% degree rate and even less religious.

Exactly 1 out of 2 Docs would recommend voting Republican or Democrat, as the 1236 registrants split right down the middle.

92 registered voters named Pepsi.

135 named Coke.

255 named RC.

18 named Boot.

27 people were born a Father.

None were born a Mother.

Ricky and Rocky are equally likely to be religious, at 60.9%. Dicky at 60%.

Bicky? 31.2%.

14 unfortunate souls out there have gone through life named Sport.

There are more (23) named Taco.

Finally...

More people named Biff have a degree per capita than those named Marty.

[Julio Riddols]

10 people named Mowgli, somehow one of them managed to split himself into parts. 73.1% Democrat.

12 named Bort. BORT?

24 named Poo. 14 named Poopy.

227 named Ock? Must be a more common name overseas.

16 Dingos, out there eating american babies.

I have a hard time believing there are actually 34 registered voters named Sp. and 18 named Lk.

[Julio Riddols]

Colt is 60.7% red.

Hoot is at 65% red with 67 registered.

[molson]

Wow, Adolf is more likely to vote democrat, and there's 1159 of them.

And there's 30 registered voters named Hitler. It's not surprising that a bunch of people have that name considering there's a fair amount of white supremacists out there. It's more surprising that 30% actually registered to vote, and 71.3% of them as Democrats.

I have to wonder again though, how many of these are real names or just names used to vote.

[molson]

Also, 12 registered voters name "Bort"

[Julio Riddols]

Bullets are more likely to have a gun in their house than Guns.

Burgers outnumber Fries by 2.

[Julio Riddols]

For every Elf there is a Faerie.

[Julio Riddols]

And 73.8% of those named Jesus are Democrats. So much for the Religious Right. :p
Though only 31% of Gods and 47% of Jesuses attend religious services. :redface:

Lucifer is more likely to be found in church than God.

[Ben E Lou]

Colt is 60.7% red.
Yeah. I foudn that one earlier. Most of the ones I suspected to be high red (read: "white dude names") were. Things like Cade, Kaden, Brad, Bradley, Chad, Conner, Jeb, etc. were in the ~55% and up category.

I got a particular kick out of this one:

Mable: 28.1% red/61.7% guns

[SteveMax58]

Apparently there are 158 voters named Apple.

And there is a 50.2% probability that people named Apple have a gun in their house.

[SteveMax58]

Anybody been able to find a more Democratic name than Jean Claude?

Only 1.6% of the population are more democratic.

[Ben E Lou]

Anybody been able to find a more Democratic name than Jean Claude?

Only 1.6% of the population are more democratic.
You obviously haven't tried "Shaniqua" yet...

[Ben E Lou]

(I'm still trying to get my head around a world where someone goes for a "Democrat" name and DOESN'T put "Shaniqua" as option nubmers 1, 2, 3, 4, AND 5. ;))

[Julio Riddols]

(I'm still trying to get my head around a world where someone goes for a "Democrat" name and DOESN'T put "Shaniqua" as option nubmers 1, 2, 3, 4, AND 5. ;))

I tried Raekwon and was stunned at the amount of red compared to what I expected.

[Julio Riddols]

I find myself wishing there was more information to sift through for odd coincidences.

[SteveMax58]

You obviously haven't tried "Shaniqua" yet...
Wow....well played sir. Expected it might take a little longer to find.

[SteveMax58]

Fiesta is another name which has no more democratic names.

Might be interesting to see how many there are.

[SteveMax58]

So experimenting with some unusual names of people 've know, the database is definitely missing a few unless somebody would lie about their name being Solibert.

[Julio Riddols]

Rex at 59.4% red, 61.9% religious, more likely to have a gun than a degree.

[Julio Riddols]

So experimenting with some unusual names of people 've know, the database is definitely missing a few unless somebody would lie about their name being Solibert.

I think it honestly takes a minimum of 10 to register. I have found a lot at 10, but none below 10 yet.

[Ben E Lou]

Fiesta is another name which has no more democratic names.

Might be interesting to see how many there are.well if you're going for names wtih only 36 registered voters, any silly name will do there. Books of the Bible that aren't names of people are a good place to start. (Ephesians, Corinthians, etc.)

[Ben E Lou]

I giggled.

There are 15 registered voters named Thessalonians

[Ben E Lou]

Duh. Can't believe it took me this long to think to put in "Brigham" for red. 61.7%

[Julio Riddols]

Smart names: 1000 or more registrants, 65% or higher degree rate

Moira: 65%

Hard to find names to add to this list so far.

[SteveMax58]

well if you're going for names wtih only 36 registered voters, any silly name will do there. Books of the Bible that aren't names of people are a good place to start. (Ephesians, Corinthians, etc.)
Thats the thing though, there are names that are just as infrequent or odd but yet much less "democratic".

Bono = 36 (strong red but not top 1%)
Lego = 13 (strongly blue name)
Jandice = 10 (strongly blue)

[SteveMax58]

Dola,

Orenthal is a top 0.5% democratic name :)

[Julio Riddols]

It honestly seems like old white ladies have the most guns.

[Julio Riddols]

For exceptionally "dumb" names, I have Wanda in the lead so far with a 42.6% degree rate.

[Julio Riddols]

Almost 30000 Jermaine's, but 87% are blue still. Almost as high as Orenthal.

[SteveMax58]

For exceptionally "dumb" names, I have Wanda in the lead so far with a 42.6% degree rate.
Cooter is slightly lower @ 42.5% and Wilma beats them both silly @ 40%

[Julio Riddols]

Cooter is slightly lower @ 42.5% and Wilma beats them both silly @ 40%

Wow, I guess Wilma and Wanda were popular at a time when people huffed a lot of paint or something.

60% of Wilmas also own guns. Wow.

[NobodyHere]

So there 218 Messiahs, they vote democratic 82.9% of the time and don't go to church.

[SteveMax58]

So there 218 Messiahs, they vote democratic 82.9% of the time and don't go to church.
Why go to church when they can just think out loud?

[nol]

Wow, I guess Wilma and Wanda were popular at a time when people huffed a lot of paint or something.

And also at a time when women (especially African American ones) were much less likely to attend college for reasons that aren't entirely correlated with intelligence.

[Julio Riddols]

And also at a time when women (especially African American ones) were much less likely to attend college for reasons that aren't entirely correlated with intelligence.

It's interesting what things like this can tell you about different eras without even trying to, almost like learning through osmosis. I never thought of Wilma and Wanda as African American names, but I guess maybe that had something to do with it. I just think it's odd that there is only a small subset of names that approach the same level of not having a degree.

I think it is exceptionally strange that no name has even come close to Moira yet as far as highest degree percentage goes. I plan to name my daughter Moira if I ever have one.

[Desnudo]

I'm sure 18 years from now Jaydyn will have displaced Moira

[MIJB#19]

So today I learned that in the USA:
* men have a tendency to vote Republican, women to vote Democratic (although basically that wasn't a surprise, I guess that's a common trend elsewhere in the world).
* women are more likely to have a gun in their household than men are.

[nol]

It's interesting what things like this can tell you about different eras without even trying to, almost like learning through osmosis. I never thought of Wilma and Wanda as African American names, but I guess maybe that had something to do with it. I just think it's odd that there is only a small subset of names that approach the same level of not having a degree.

Yeah, I'm from somewhere that's >95% white, and the only white Wilma or Wanda I've ever heard of is Wilma Flintstone.


* women are more likely to have a gun in their household than men are.

That was confusing me too. Maybe the super conservative men thought that the survey was a covert way for Obama to try to take their guns, so they lied and said they didn't own any :)

[Abe Sargent]

Blasted Jews making my Amish names too blue. Hezekiah? 84.5% blue.

[Abe Sargent]

As the Jew vs Amish battle continues, I managed one red at least - Josiah, 10k+ entrants, 56.8%. Let me keep looking -

It keeps bouncing back and forth. Zechariah? 53.8% red. Jebediah? 51.5% blue (and not at 1000). Jehoshaphat? 79.9% blue (and not enough people either) Back and forth the tug of war goes.



EDIT _ Some More - Elijah, 69.5% blue, Elisha, 64.5% blue, Job, 63.9% blue.

MORE - Solomon, 72.8% blue - ouch.

[Abe Sargent]

A sad thing - the name Red is blue

[Abe Sargent]

Why are military ranks so blue? General, for example, is more than 70% blue!

[Ben E Lou]

Blasted Jews making my Amish names too blue. Hezekiah? 84.5% blue.

As the Jew vs Amish battle continues, I managed one red at least - Josiah, 10k+ entrants, 56.8%. Let me keep looking -

It keeps bouncing back and forth. Zechariah? 53.8% red. Jebediah? 51.5% blue (and not at 1000). Jehoshaphat? 79.9% blue (and not enough people either) Back and forth the tug of war goes.



EDIT _ Some More - Elijah, 69.5% blue, Elisha, 64.5% blue, Job, 63.9% blue.

MORE - Solomon, 72.8% blue - ouch.Nearly all of the names you mentioned are at least somewhat popular with the bruthas as well. America is between 1 and 2 percent Jewish last I checked, and probably less than 1% Amish. And it's roughly 10% black, so I'm sure that's pushing the trend. If black people name their kids "Elijah" at even 1/10 the rate of Jews and probably 1/100 the rate of the Amish, we'll have as much or more influence on pushing that name blue. I mean, if I see the name "Elijah" without a distinctively Jewish last name, I'd tend to guess that he is black.

[Abe Sargent]

Fair enough. I didn't do Isaiah and Ezekial for that reason (t be fair, Isaiah is teh name Id' give my frist born son if I eve had one)

Found one that's very red though - Rebekah. 58.2% Red

[terpkristin]

Huh, interesting.

Kristin (me): 50.2% Dem, 49.8% Rep. 265th most common voter name (relatively high, IMO). 50.9% have a gun in the household. 34.8% attended religious services. 61.0% have a college degree.

Changing the spelling to Kristen swings the demographics slightly: same D/R split, 240th most common. 50.6% with the gun, 33.9% religious, 59.4% with the college degree.

Michael (my brother): 48.6% D/51.4% R, 1st most common. 47.2% have guns, 51.7% religious, 56.2% with college degree. Of that, I suspect my brother only falls into the sorta Dem category.

Catherine (my sister): 54.9% D/45.1% R, 88th most common. 53.5% have guns, 33.1% religious, 54.6% with college degree.

Nancy (my mom): 51.1% D/48.9% R, 30th most common. 55.2% with guns, 37.7% religious, 52.7% with college degree.

James (my dad): 41.1% D/52.9% R, 3rd most common. 50.4% with guns, 54.8% religious, 52.5% with college degree.

Sherry (my SIL): 51.3% D/48.7 R, 220th most common. 55.6% with guns, 43.3% religious, 48.4% with college degree.

My brother in law's name is not in the database. If I use his nickname, Bo, he's more rare than I am: 50.4% D/49.6% R, 1552 most common. 45.7% with guns, 47.4% religious, 55.2% with college degree.

/tk