Rob
sits right of most names
- Score
- −0.07
- More liberal than
- 33% of names
- Measured from
- 5,967 contributors
That ranking compares Rob 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.
Rob versus Robert
People who go by Rob rather than Robert sit 0.18 to the left of the full name. It is the same name. The difference is what people choose to be called.
How does Rob 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.
Another set of donor records points the same way. Among donors to 527 organisations, Rob is 87% Democratic where that pool averages 71%, across 628 people. Worth a flag: among Washington state and local donors, Rob tilts the other way. It is 48% Democratic there, but that pool averages 55% overall, so Rob sits right of its centre while the federal records put it left of theirs.
Related spellings
Where Rob leans differently
| State | Democratic share of donors | Against that state’s own donors |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 71% | +0.28 |
| TX | 41% | +0.14 |
| NY | 77% | +0.29 |
| FL | 41% | +0.13 |
| WA | 69% | +0.17 |
| IL | 69% | +0.33 |
| PA | 55% | +0.03 |
| MA | 82% | +0.29 |
The right column compares Rob with other donors in the same state, so it is not just telling you which states are Democratic.