Phil
sits right of most names
- Score
- +0.14
- More liberal than
- 15% of names
- Measured from
- 8,660 contributors
That ranking compares Phil 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.
Phil versus Philip
People who go by Phil rather than Philip sit 0.18 to the right of the full name. It is the same name. The difference is what people choose to be called.
How does Phil 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.
Federal contributions, 2016 to 2026. Donors skew older and wealthier than the country.
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 Washington state and local donors, Phil is 41% Democratic where that pool averages 55%, across 352 people.
Related spellings
Where Phil leans differently
| State | Democratic share of donors | Against that state’s own donors |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 58% | −0.31 |
| TX | 28% | −0.44 |
| FL | 29% | −0.42 |
| NY | 65% | −0.26 |
| WA | 57% | −0.33 |
| IL | 53% | −0.35 |
| OH | 42% | −0.19 |
| AZ | 41% | −0.13 |
The right column compares Phil with other donors in the same state, so it is not just telling you which states are Democratic.