NamePolitics

Frederic

sits right of most names

liberaltypical nameconservative
Score
−0.07
More liberal than
33% of names
Measured from
2,167 contributors
more liberalevery scored namemore conservative

That ranking compares Frederic with other names. The typical name scores −0.22, because people who donate to campaigns lean left as a group, so a name can sit left of zero and still be middle of the pack. The party splits below use a different yardstick again: each one is measured against an even fifty-fifty.

DIME contributor ideal points, 1979-2014. Negative is liberal, positive conservative.

How does Frederic compare with someone else's name?

Party, by population

Different groups of people, measured in different ways. They do not always agree, and the disagreement is usually the interesting part.

Campaign donors, nationwide1,369 people
52% Democratic48% Republican

Federal contributions, 2016 to 2026. Donors skew older and wealthier than the country.

Registered voters, Florida642 people
43% Democratic57% Republican

Party registration again, in a state with a very different mix of people. Florida and North Carolina agree on which way a name leans 88% of the time.

Another set of donor records points the same way. Among donors to 527 organisations, Frederic is 66% Democratic where that pool averages 71%, across 172 people.

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Where Frederic leans differently

StateDemocratic share of donorsAgainst that state’s own donors
CA73%+0.38
NY79%+0.40
FL42%+0.16
MA76%−0.07
VA27%−1.15
PA36%−0.74
TX32%−0.24
MI35%−0.67

The right column compares Frederic with other donors in the same state, so it is not just telling you which states are Democratic.

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