# How many Dopers are Lefties? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-lefties/1027201 **Category:** In My Humble Opinion **Created:** [January 30, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-lefties/1027201 "2026-01-30T16:31:41Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 6
### Author: ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101) #### Post date: [January 30, 2026, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-lefties/1027201/6 "2026-01-30T16:43:15Z")
Man, you guys are _fast!_ I was trying to set up a poll, but messed it up big time. Trying again: Not political for a change! Inspired by @susan ‘s [Left-handed fountain pen use](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-fountain-pen-use/1027153) thread. I’m betting that this Board has more than the usually cited 10% proportion of sinistrals, including yours truly. The nuns just _hated_ Southpaws; I was the only one in my tiny parochial 5th grade class, and Sister Mary Louis tried mightily to shift me. Didn’t work. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-lefties/1027201/6))_ --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-lefties/1027201)._