NamePolitics

Zach

sits middle of the pack

liberaltypical nameconservative
Score
−0.29
More liberal than
59% of names
Measured from
816 contributors
more liberalevery scored namemore conservative

That ranking compares Zach 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.

Zach versus Zachary

People who go by Zach rather than Zachary sit 0.13 to the right of the full name. It is the same name. The difference is what people choose to be called.

Zach
liberalconservative
Zachary
liberalconservative

How does Zach 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, nationwide1,709 people
73% Democratic27% Republican

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

Other donor records point the same way. Among donors to 527 organisations, Zach is 96% Democratic where that pool averages 71%, across 228 people. Among Washington state and local donors, Zach is 66% Democratic where that pool averages 55%, across 100 people.

Related spellings

  • Zachary
    liberalconservative
  • Zack
    liberalconservative
  • Zac
    liberalconservative

Where Zach leans differently

StateDemocratic share of donorsAgainst that state’s own donors
CA86%+1.22
NY90%+1.26
TX58%+0.81
IL82%+1.04
CO65%+0.28
PA71%+0.70
WA90%+1.57
MN82%+1.07

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

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