NamePolitics

Zack

sits middle of the pack

liberaltypical nameconservative
Score
−0.13
More liberal than
39% of names
Measured from
545 contributors
more liberalevery scored namemore conservative

That ranking compares Zack 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.

Zack versus Zachary

People who go by Zack rather than Zachary sit 0.30 to the right of the full name. It is the same name. The difference is what people choose to be called.

Zack
liberalconservative
Zachary
liberalconservative

How does Zack 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, nationwide725 people
66% Democratic34% Republican

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

Related spellings

  • Zachary
    liberalconservative
  • Zach
    liberalconservative
  • Zac
    liberalconservative

Where Zack leans differently

StateDemocratic share of donorsAgainst that state’s own donors
CA81%+0.86
GA34%−0.27
NY92%+1.59
TX44%+0.25
NC32%−0.78
IL67%+0.24

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

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