Does your first name predict your party affilation? (how your namesakes vote)

[wyldwolf]

Use the power of the voter file and the latest in Democratic campaign analytics to choose a partisan name for your baby, determine what political party views you should really have, or just waste time on the Internet. Look up your own name or a less common name like Barack (a few people even have Obama as their first name). Enjoy!

http://www.claritycampaigns.com/names

[Beach Rat]

1. No! Split right down the middle-50-50

[etherealtruth]

9. Me, too!

[MerryBlooms]

2. 79.9% D

[Arkansas Granny]

3. My name came up as 54.7% Democratic.

Own a gun - 55.3%
Attend church - 39.3%
College degree - 49.3%

[el_bryanto]

4. 64.3% Democratic

Also the 1,014th most common name. Just outside the top 1,000 names; that's a little disappointing.

Bryant

[tanyev]

5. Interesting. My formal birth name is more blue than the common nickname I usually use.

[tabbycat31]

6. Unfortunately my name is turning into a right wing name

It goes from a name best known for a Democratic president's daughter to now the name of Rudy Guiliani, Ted Cruz, and Michelle Bachmann's daughters.

[wyldwolf]

7. There are 13 registered voters named Kal-El, 77.3% Dem

[alsame]

8. 53.1% Democratic nt

[meow2u3]

10. About 50/50

Looks as if my first name pegs me as a moderate.

[marions ghost]

11. Interesting

that unless you have a really unusual name, for the most part the results split somewhat down the middle. Church attendance seems the most significant fluctuation.

[LumosMaxima]

12. Mine came up 57.2% Democratic.

Have a gun in their house 54.4
Attend church weekly 36.6
Have a college degree 52.3

[PotatoChip]

13. 64.7% w/my name vote Dem.

53.6% have a gun in their house
32.3% go to church weekly
53.6% have a college degree

83.6% have a less Democratic name than mine.

Hmmm...

[Ichingcarpenter]

14. Try someone with two first names Clarence and Thomas

its a joke

[kiva]

15. Given there is no space

for people who are unaffiliated/independent/third party I would question just how accurate this is, but interesting.

[Capt. Obvious]

16. Almost 50-50

[longship]

17. Might as well track it by Sun Sign.

Worthless and idiotic.

[pipi_k]

26. Did you actually look at that link?

I don't see what's so "worthless and idiotic" about statistics which say there are X number of registered voters with (your name), making it the Xth most common name, and X% of them identify with the Democratic party.

[longship]

32. No prior plausibility.

My name is Scandinavian and has a very unusual spelling. What in the Sam Hell would this say about my voting history?

I stand by my post.

[PotatoChip]

18. My dog Brian got 46.8% D ...

I think he and I need to have a talk.

[Chorophyll]

19. 54.1 Democratic

But 57% have a gun in their house! (I'm not one of them.)

[pnwmom]

20. From a quick check, it seems that female names are more likely to be Dems,

male names, Republicans. Which, of course, accords with voter rolls.

[lumberjack_jeff]

37. You win the cookie. n/t

[NV Whino]

21. Interesting

And totally wrong on all levels.

[enlightenment]

22. My given name is unusual

Apparently 121 registered voters - according to the database.

Mostly Dem, etc . . . problem is, I am a registered unaffiliated voter (since I was eligible to vote, almost 40 years). I know I exist and I know my name is unusual enough that the total they came up with is about right.

If they were actually using voter information, the reports would be different. This is a silly game - not a valid (if there is any validity to names influencing political persuasion) metric.

[pipi_k]

27. I think maybe

the idea of a person's name being predictive is probably just a teaser, since the site gives actual numbers of people with any given name being registered Democrats, etc.

[enlightenment]

29. Probably so.

I'm humor-deficient most days and particularly before my morning coffee, so this kind of thing hits my annoy button.

I have now had my caffeine fix - partial equanimity restored.

[missingthebigdog]

39. 16 voters share my name.

Most of them Dems!

[enlightenment]

44. Wow.

I thought my given name was different!

[Lil Missy]

23. 52% Democratic

[treestar]

24. Weird

52% Democratic and likely to have a gun
53% to have a college degree
only 32% likely to go to church

Looked up siblings names, interestingly female names Dem and male names R. I guess the theory is your parents pick a liberal or conservative name, but over time the parents may get more conservative.

[sharp_stick]

25. 57.6% Puke

Gun in House: 46.9%
Go to Church: 54.9%
Have College Degree: 59.4

I've got degrees but no gun and no church.

[winstars]

28. John is the 2nd most common name, I can't figure out the first... Anybody??? nt

[enlightenment]

31. James.

James, John, Robert . . .

http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/decades/century.html

[winstars]

34. James is #1 officially in the USA. The link in the OP says its #2 and I tried the usual names...

and no #1. In the link in the OP its male or female I believe...

[enlightenment]

35. They are presumably looking at

registered voters in the OP's link, not just names at birth, so there is going to be some differences. According to the Census, about 72% of adults 18 and older are registered to vote.

The link indicates that it is looking at public voting records, so it is only looking at that 72% of the population, not the population as a whole.

[MadrasT]

43. It's "Michael" in this database. n/t

There are 3,765,034 registered voters named Michael, making it the 1st most common name.

[tblue37]

30. My name is 53.6% Dem, but my daughter's name, though 54.3% Dem

in its full form is 56.8% Repub in its shortened form (Rebecca vs. Becky). She would be Rebecca on the voter rolls, though she uses Becky in normal interactions.

[doc03]

33. My name donald is 55% Republican, Bubba is only 54%. Isn't every other

dude in the south named bub ba?

[KittyWampus]

36. A sizable majority (66%) registered Democratic for my surname! As for my first name

a slim majority are Dems!

We are smarter than the average bear, apparently.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

38. Wow, almost 50-50 exactly. nt

[missingthebigdog]

40. Try some bible names- way interesting

Old testament names pull left, some of them overwhelmingly so. New testament names, not so much.

[loli phabay]

41. not in the database.

[okaawhatever]

42. Okay the ultimate name comparisons:

Betty v. Veronica
53.2% D 70.2% D

Ginger v MaryAnn
54.1% R 54.7% D

Scooby (13 Voters) v Shaggy (33 voters)
53.9 % D 58.3% D