# Is your name “democratic” or “republican”? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 16, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-name-democratic-or-republican/1007369 "2024-09-16T22:16:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-name-democratic-or-republican/1007369/21 "2024-09-17T03:35:54Z")
Those are last names. Unless I’m misinterpreting, **Chronos** was asking about first names. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-name-democratic-or-republican/1007369/22 "2024-09-17T03:40:13Z")
Yes, it looks like that’s what he’s saying. Not sure what that’s based on. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-name-democratic-or-republican/1007369/23 "2024-09-17T06:10:14Z")
My last name was Dem -12, which surprised me maybe a bit, its a pretty solid English name that I would mostly associate with white people, but according to this [site](https://discover.23andme.com/last-name/), a bit over 27% of the people with my name are black. First name which is pretty traditional is +6 Republican but that may just be a gender bias. I note that all of the top male names are positive Republican, and most of the top female names lean Dem. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-name-democratic-or-republican/1007369/24 "2024-09-17T07:28:05Z")
My last name as spelled is +1 Republican, but an alternate spelling with the same pronunciation is +47 Democrat. My first name is +16 Republican. My full name includes two middle names and a “the third” and makes me look like some sort of New England Old Money aristocrat, who I assume votes for whichever candidate is cheaper for him to buy. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-name-democratic-or-republican/1007369/25 "2024-09-17T10:50:00Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Where are you seeing an “all” table? There’s a last name table, then women’s first names, then men’s first names. Ah, indeed, that’s it. That clears that up. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-name-democratic-or-republican/1007369/26 "2024-09-17T13:27:22Z")
my #1 danish last name is 29 republican. the majority of people with my last name would be in nebraska and iowa. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-name-democratic-or-republican/1007369/27 "2024-09-17T17:28:51Z")
My last name doesn’t appear in the table at all. Too rare, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-name-democratic-or-republican/1007369/28 "2024-09-17T19:26:37Z")
Both are pretty solidly red. My first name isn’t exactly popular but not retro enough to be trendy. I suppose that means it trends older. My last name is sort of the same. A not overly common but not unusual Germanic name. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-name-democratic-or-republican/1007369/29 "2024-09-17T19:40:47Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Did you see the link for the [detailed table](https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/rNcfq/5/)? Thanks for that. Apparently my first and last names cancel each other out. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-name-democratic-or-republican/1007369/30 "2024-09-17T19:40:53Z")
Hey, with my German-sounding name, I lean Nazi… ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-name-democratic-or-republican/1007369/31 "2024-09-17T20:37:57Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > ETA: Ah, i found it. The formatting was mangled totally in Chrome, but opening the link in Safari cleaned it up. I was using Chrome and had no issues at all. > [@suranyi](#): > > My last name doesn’t appear in the table at all. Too rare, I guess. Yeah, my mother’s maiden name is rare, and I never find it. But my dad’s last name (and mine) is bog (literally) standard. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-name-democratic-or-republican/1007369/32 "2024-09-17T20:43:36Z")
I assume it’s an extension, but I tried in Incognito mode, which I believe turns them off, and it was still a mess for me. I’m on MacOS, and I doubt most users have the same problem. It’s probably something idiosyncratic to me. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-name-democratic-or-republican/1007369/33 "2024-09-17T20:46:49Z")
Yeah, I just wanted to mention it in case someone with vanilla Chrome, like me, thought they _needed_ to open a new browser. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-name-democratic-or-republican/1007369/34 "2024-09-17T20:49:06Z")
My first name leans blue, my last name leans red. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-name-democratic-or-republican/1007369/35 "2024-09-17T21:02:08Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Out of sheer curiosity, “Donald” is a 22 Republican lean and “Trump” is a 32 Republican lean. The only way I can access the article is to register, which I’m not gonna. But as for the quote, the "Donald"s I can think of offhand are Trump, Rumsfeld, and Duck. The first two are the epitome of Republicanism, the last one, being likewise not very bright, is very likely the same. But there’s always an exception. The late Canadian actor Donald Sutherland was definitely a liberal outlier. He even managed to get himself on a CIA watchlist for his anti-war activities, and was married to the daughter of Tommy Douglas, often called “the Greatest Canadian” for his role in bringing universal health care to Canada. So much for names giving away your politics! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-name-democratic-or-republican/1007369/36 "2024-09-17T21:39:02Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > The only way I can access the article is to register, which I’m not gonna. It turns out that I registered a while ago using my “spam honeypot” email account, so I was able to read it using that. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-name-democratic-or-republican/1007369/37 "2024-09-17T22:09:37Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever registered for the WaPo, but it let me in no problem. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-name-democratic-or-republican/1007369/38 "2024-09-18T14:34:46Z")
WaPo may treat Canucks differently. I’ll gift link it if you think it important or many have the same problem. But these gift links seem now not to provide access to many people, nor for indefinite time periods. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-name-democratic-or-republican/1007369/39 "2024-09-26T18:44:19Z")
Interesting. My name leans Republican, and the name it evolved from is even more so. But a variation with a single letter difference leans far more Democratic. And this includes the older version of it. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-name-democratic-or-republican/1007369/40 "2024-09-26T18:49:50Z")
My last name splits right down the middle, and first name is only 1 point to the blue side of the line. It explains why I’m a radical centrist. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-name-democratic-or-republican/1007369.md?page=1)