By “cartoon identity” I mean, which grouip would your childhood self say he/she is the biggest fan of?
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Something spooky. I would have liked to have been part of the Scooby gang or one of the original Ghost Busters (though not a cartoon, it was a Saturday morning favorite for me). I also wouldn’t have minded being one of the Dungeons & Dragons kids (a druid, naturally).
Too much older stuff for me. My big thing when I a little kid was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And I was heavily into Nick Jr, and later Nickelodeon.
Warner Brothers, definitely; with a tip of the cap to Pink Panther and Rocky and Bullwinkle.
And looking at the poll, I notice that Disney is not there. I suppose at some point the House of Mouse became known only for their feature-length movies, and their shorts never had a home on Saturday-morning TV.
I put Warner Brothers. Because of my reddish-orange hair and feistiness my Mother nick-named me “Sam” (as in Yosemite Sam) when I was 3 and continues to call me that still, at 62. In fact, I have 2 Yosemite Sam tattoos.
However, as a kid I was fascinated with Speed Racer. Even as a youngling I knew the plot lines were absolutely bizarre. That mammoth car episode where the race car was the size of a freight train was so completely over the top.
Remember the one where Donald Duck put a live bear in the wash thinking it a rug, then freaked when it came out all puffy and took a lawn mower to it? As a kid I was watching that with my Uncle and he almost had a stroke laughing at it. I will never forget it.
I watched a lot of what’s in the poll as a kid, but Warner Brothers (Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies) was the big touchstone. There were probably dozens, if not hundreds, of those cartoons which I had seen so often, that I likely knew them by heart. In addition to the Saturday morning show on CBS, they were very commonly syndicated, and it seemed like they were always on, either on a morning kids’ show, or after school.
I also enjoyed Rocky & Bullwinkle, Underdog (my favorite as a little kid, but it wasn’t on very often once I got a little older), and Pink Panther. I liked some of the Hanna-Barbara cartoons, and I’d certainly watch them when they were on (particularly The Flintstones and The Jetsons), but even as a kid, the cheap animation was noticeable.
Tom & Jerry and Popeye were ones that I just didn’t see very often.
I had to go with other, although the answer would probably vary depending on the age in question.
I don’t remember being ‘grabbed’ by any particular cartoon (although I watched plenty, and what I seem to remember most were the WB classics) prior to about age 8-9, by which my favorite, was … Starblazers! (better known as Space Cruiser Yamato pretty much anywhere outside the US). And a year or so after that Robotech.
Then again, I’m a bit younger than average for the board, so my prime cartoon watching years would have been the 80s. (6-16)
Transformers and GI Joe for me.
Humphrey the Bear. I believe that particular one was Bearly Asleep (1955).
P.S: Mine was Tom Terrific and Manfred the Wonder Dog.
I voted WB, but I’d watch anything I could find. But even through a kid’s eyes the limited animation styles of HB and some other lesser ones become obvious. (How many times is Fred going to run past that couch and window chasing Dino? How big is their house??)
I neve got into Underdog because I could never see a complete story. Stupid TV station would never play them in order.
Who made Tennessee Tuxedo? I thought it was great as a kid, but I tried watching it as an adult and couldn’t believe how dumb it was.
As an adult, I own DVDs of the WB and Pink Panther cartoons, but no Tom & Jerry or Popeye.
Voltron - I had the 5 lions and pilots that would join together to create Voltron along with an enemy space-ship that would shoot lasers (light up and make laser sounds). It was also my introduction to Japanese style animation vs American produced shows (though I didn’t know it at the time). I still like and seek out anime almost 40 years later.
The same company as Underdog: Total Television. They also did Klondike Kat, Go Go Gophers, and Commander McBragg, all of which were, in retrospect, of similar, lesser quality,
That’d be MIGHTY Manfred the Wonder Dog. 
I suppose technically The Smurfs are Hanna-Barbera, but the poll also lists Tom&Jerry separately and they were also H-B, so I’m going with “Other - The Smurfs, Gummi Bears and Robotech”.
Everything the OP lists are what I would consider “before my time” cartoons, and SA TV didn’t really have that “Saturday morning old cartoon” slot when I was growing up.
Other: The before and after school line up: Darkwing Duck, Chip and Dale’s Rescue Rangers, Tailspin, Duck Tales, Gummy Bears.
What she said.
Anyone want to venture a guess about mine? 
Close call between WB and Rocky&Bullwinkle. I chose R&B because I feel it includes it’s offspring, George of the Jungle. Both were variety shows featuring a number of other characters. I’m not sure what that is distinctively different about the variety of WB characters, especially when presented in the Bugs Bunny & Friends show.
I knew there were adult jokes in both shows, far more with Rocky though, that show was filled with puns. I recall learning later in life what the Ruby Yacht of Omar Kayyam was about.
Transformers was definitely my favorite cartoon as a kid.