# Your Name's Political Affiliation... revealed!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-names-political-affiliation-revealed/1007754>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 26, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-names-political-affiliation-revealed/1007754 "2024-09-26T16:18:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-names-political-affiliation-revealed/1007754/1 "2024-09-26T16:18:20Z")

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Looks like the Washington Post recently published an article which allows you to track the political leanings of your first and last name:

[https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/09/13/popular-names-republican-democrat](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/09/13/popular-names-republican-democrat)

First Name (John): 16% Dem  
Last Name (Thornton): 11% Rep

For Inna, she is:

First Name: 25% Dem  
Last Name: 71% Dem

How do(es) your name(s) rank? You don’t have to tell us what your name is, but how do they rank?

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-names-political-affiliation-revealed/1007754/2 "2024-09-26T16:20:39Z")

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If you have a very rare last name, you can use this link:

> **[The partisan lean of almost every last name](https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/rNcfq/5/)**

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**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 26, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-names-political-affiliation-revealed/1007754/3 "2024-09-26T16:42:27Z")

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> [@JohnT](#):
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> Looks like the Washington Post recently published an article which allows you to track the political leanings of your first and last name:

Not _that_ recently.

> [@Is your name “democratic” or “republican”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-name-democratic-or-republican/1007369):
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> This article says whether certain common names are most likely to lean Democratic or Republican (by registration). Although one might guess this is close to 50-50, it ain’t. Just as many medical specialties lean one way or the other, there are differences between common, “ethnic” and “traditional biblical” names. The article link is here. Gift links have been pretty limited recently so will consider adding more on request, to unknown effect. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/09/1…](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/09/13/popular-names-republican-democrat/)

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-names-political-affiliation-revealed/1007754/4 "2024-09-26T16:53:30Z")

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Ahhh, never mind. I’ll ask the mods to close this one.

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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-names-political-affiliation-revealed/1007754/5 "2024-09-26T17:09:30Z")

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Closed on September 26, 2024, 5:09pm UTC