Describe the likely political views of the previous hypothetical person

[Thunderbird is the word]

Registered Democrat who voted for Obama twice and Bernie in the primary but Trump in the general.

Age: 35
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White (Scottish/English)
Location: Charleston, WV
Orientation: Gay (Recently married longtime partner)
Occupation: United Mine Workers lobbyist (family worked in mines for several generation's)
Personal Income: $45,000-$50,000
Religion: Atheist

Bernie supporter

Age: 29
Gender: Female
Race/Ethnicity: Black
Location: Dallas, TX
Orientation: Heterosexual
Occupation: Lawyer (First generation of her family to be born here)
Personal Income: 180000-220000
Religion: Christian

Democrat, Hillary supporter in primary and general.

Age: 83
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White/Polish
Location: Pontiac, Michigan
Occupation: Retired Lawyer
Income: $750,000-$1,000,000 in savings
Marital Status: Married, three children/five grandchildren
Religion: Catholic (though never particularly devout)

[tallguy23]

Age: 83
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White/Polish
Location: Pontiac, Michigan
Occupation: Retired Lawyer
Income: $750,000-$1,000,000 in savings
Marital Status: Married, three children/five grandchildren
Religion: Catholic (though never particularly devout)

Kaisich supporter, held nose for Trump.

Age: 60
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Pakistani
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: Financial Analyst
Income: $90,000/year
Marital Status: Divorced, 3 adult kids
Religion: Muslim

[TDAS04]

Voted for Obama and Hillary, may be personally conservative.

Age: 73
Gender: Female
Race: White
Location: Logan County, West Virginia
Occupation: Housewife of a retired coal miner
Marital Status: Married, 5 kids
Religion: Baptist

[Thunderbird is the word]

Voted Democrat until 2004, GOP since. Still votes Democrat at the state level.

Age: 31
Gender: Female
Race: Hispanic
Location: Washington, DC
Occupation: CIA Agent
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Atheist

[James Monroe]

Moderate Democrat who voted for Bush in 2004.



Age: 39
Gender: Female
Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian 
Location: Burbank, California
Orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author of children books
Martial Status: Single
Religion: Deist

[Thunderbird is the word]

Democrat, Bernie supporter in primary and Hillary in general.

Age: 66
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White (German/Irish)
Location: Malibu, California
Hometown: Brookline, MA
Orientation: Straight
Occupation: Film Director
Marital Status: Married (Three children, one from current marriage, two from previous.)
Religion: Catholic

[Cashew]

Kasich voter, held nose for Trump

Age: 27
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White (Irish)
Location: Palmdale, CA
Hometown: Palmdale, CA
Orientation: Straight
Occupation: lost job due to apocalyptic delusions, currently listens to conspiracy shows, spends parents money on gold coins
Marital Status: Single
Religion: World Mission Society Church of God

[Thunderbird is the word]

Definite Trump supporter and a former Ron Paul supporter

Age: 34
Gender: Female
Race/Ethnicity: (Irish/German-Jewish/Native American)
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama
Occupation: Freelance Writer
Orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Freelance Journalist
Marital Status: Divorced
Religion: Spiritual Seeker

[JGibson]

Obvious Democrat, voted for Hillary in 2016 primary.

Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White
Age: 54
Religion: Christian (former Southern Baptist, now PC(USA))
Education Level: 4-year college
Occupation: Mexican restaurant owner
Income Level: $85,000/yr
Military Status: retired Navy
Marital Status: Married, has 2 male kids (one in college, one in high school)
Current Location: Marietta, Georgia
Birth Location/Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona
Issue(s) Prioritized: economy, food safety regulations, military, education, minimum wage

[Thunderbird is the word]

Libertarian leaning Republican. Supported Rand Paul followed by Ted Cruz in the primary and voted for Gary Johnson in the general.

Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Asian (Vietnamese)
Age: 48
Religion: Atheist
Education level: College dropout
Occupation: Actor (Mainly supporting roles on TV and some indie films)
Martial Status: Divorced (one child from previous marriage)
Current Location: New York, NY
Hometown: Born in Saigon, emigrated to the US following end of Vietnam war, grew up in Seattle.

[Classic Conservative]

Moderate Democrat who voted for Hillary and is weary of socialism.

Gender: Transgender (Male to Female)
Race/Ethnicity: White and Indian (British Family who Conquered India)
Age: 59
Religion: Raised Anglican, Now a Devout Muslim
Education Level: 4 year college
Occupation: Retired; Former Lobbyist for US Chamber of Commerce
Marital Status: Divorced with 2 kids and 3 grandkids
Current Location: Tempe, Arizona
Hometown and Birthplace: Calcutta, India
Important Issues: Right to Life, LGBTQ+ Rights, Economy, Climate Change, Universal Healthcare and Low Taxes

[heatcharger]

Moderate independent but previously voted Republican because of abortion, but was turned off by Trump and GOP rhetoric. Voted Clinton/McCain.

Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White
Age: 31
Religion: Raised Protestant, turned Agnostic
Education Level: 4-year college
Occupation: Software Developer
Marital Status: Single
Current Location: Springfield, Illinois
Hometown and Birthplace: Madison, Wisconsin
Important Issues: Net Neutrality, Free Trade, Gun Rights

[Thunderbird is the word]

Libertarian leaning independent. Kerry 04, Obama 08 (Ron Paul in primary) Gary Johnson 2012 (Ron Paul in primary) Gary Johnson 2016 (Supported Rand Paul early in primary, switched to Bernie Sanders after he flamed out.)

Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White (French-Canadian)
Age: 64
Religion: Raised Catholic, converted to Judaism for marriage.
Education Level: College
Occupation: Videographer/Disc Jockey
Marital Status: Married, three children, one grandchild
Hometown: Pougkepsie, NY
Current Location: Pougkepsie, NY
Priority Issues: Economy, Technology, Science

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

Mainstream Democrat, and sounds like a fun guy.

Gender: Male
Race/ethnicity: White
Age: 25
Religion: Catholic
Education level: In graduate school
Occupation: Biologist
Marital status: Single
Hometown: Ventura, California
Current location: Boston, Massachusetts
Priority issues: Science and technology, Consistent Life Ethic

[Thunderbird is the word]

Registered Democrat, Sanders supporter. Reluctantly tolerates the Democratic stance on abortion and believes that providing a more generous social safety net would reduce the number of abortions.

Gender: Female
Race/Ethnicity: White/Hispanic (1/4th Italian, 1/4th Portugese, half Cuban)
Age: 36
Hometown: Fall River, MA
Current Location: Boston, MA
Religion: Agnostic (but dabbles in spirituality)
Education level: High School/Apprenticeship
Occupation: Tailor, owns small independent boutique clothing line
Marital Status: Single
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Income level: $35-40,000

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

Registered Democrat, Sanders supporter. Reluctantly tolerates the Democratic stance on abortion and believes that providing a more generous social safety net would reduce the number of abortions.

The friend I was describing actually voted for McMullin.

*skip*

[anthonyjg]

Democrat, voted for Sanders in the primary

Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White
Age: 54
Hometown: Cincinnatti, OH
Current Location: Downers Grove, IL
Religion: Catholic
Education Level: PHD in Political Science
Occupation: Communications Analyst for RAND/Freelance Researcher
Marital Status: Married, three kids
Sexual Orientation: Straight

[Bigby]

Either peer pressured into voting for Clinton or a Trump voter who tells no one else about it.

Gender: Female
Race: White (French Creole)
Age: 25
Hometown: Some unnamed town in rural southern Louisiana.
Current Location: Las Vegas, Nevada.
Religion: None (Avoids church because of her job, wants to be Christian.)
Occupation: "Entertainer" (Strongly dislikes black clients.)
Marital Status: Single (Again, out of shame.)
Annual Income: Depends on her performance.
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual (Would be Heterosexual if not in her current occupation.)

[Thunderbird is the word]

Registered Democrat, Sanders supporter. Reluctantly tolerates the Democratic stance on abortion and believes that providing a more generous social safety net would reduce the number of abortions.

The friend I was describing actually voted for McMullin.

*skip*

No kidding, maybe I'm wrong then in assuming that somebody in a science field would necessarily tend towards the left.

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

Registered Democrat, Sanders supporter. Reluctantly tolerates the Democratic stance on abortion and believes that providing a more generous social safety net would reduce the number of abortions.

The friend I was describing actually voted for McMullin.

*skip*

No kidding, maybe I'm wrong then in assuming that somebody in a science field would necessarily tend towards the left.

Most of the remaining conservatives in academia are in STEM, although for obvious reasons they're not exactly Generic R. It's definitely a left-leaning world but it's like 2:1 left-right rather than the >10:1 numbers you see in the humanities these days.

[Thunderbird is the word]

Either peer pressured into voting for Clinton or a Trump voter who tells no one else about it.

Gender: Female
Race: White (French Creole)
Age: 25
Hometown: Some unnamed town in rural southern Louisiana.
Current Location: Las Vegas, Nevada.
Religion: None (Avoids church because of her job, wants to be Christian.)
Occupation: "Entertainer" (Strongly dislikes black clients.)
Marital Status: Single (Again, out of shame.)
Annual Income: Depends on her performance.
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual (Would be Heterosexual if not in her current occupation.)

Republican, voted for Trump in primary and general.

Gender: Male
Age: 34
Race/Ethnicity: White (German, Irish, Polish)
Religion: Deist, dabbles in Buddhism
Marital Status: Married, one child
Occupation: Musician (bass player in various experimental rock bands) Works on Assembly line at Tesla Plant
Marital Status: Open Marriage
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual (both he and wife have affairs with other men and women)
Hometown: Oakland, CA
Current Location: Fremont, CA (hates it, moved to be near wife's family but misses Bay Area.)

[Classic Conservative]

Strong Progressive voted for Bernie then Jill Stein.

Gender: Male
Age: 105
Race: White (Polish and Italian)
Religion: Practicing Roman Catholic
Marital Status: Married to 102 year old wife for 80 years has 12 children one died in Vietnam one grandson died in Iraq and another in Afghanistan.
Occupation: Retired; Navy Lt. Commander during WW2 fought in the Pacific Front then worked for Brook Brothers for 64 years as a sales clerk
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Current Location: Pasadena, California in a Senior Citizen Home
Annual Income: $40,000 mostly off of saved retirement money and government assistance
Education Level: Catholic High School Class of 1929

[Thunderbird is the word]

Lifelong New Deal Democrat who though culturally and socially out of step with the current party still views Democrats as the party of FDR and Republicans as the party of Hooverism.

Gender: Male
Age: 68
Race: White (English)
Religion: Agnostic
Hometown/Current Location: Sandy Hook, Kentucky
Occupation: Novelist/Journalist (Vietnam veteran, returned to US and lived in New York for many years writing for a variety of alt-weeklies and publishing a bestselling fictionalized account of his service in nam along with a number of other works of military fiction. Returned to his hometown after inheriting his uncle's farm.)
Annual Income: $500,000 in savings from book sales.
Marital Status: Married, one daughter
Education Level: Graduated from University of Kentucky with degree in Journalism and Military history.

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

Independent, usually votes Democrat. Would consider voting for a Bush- or Romney-type Republican, but definitely voted for Clinton in 2016.

Gender: Female
Age: 57
Race: White Hispanic
Religion: Catholic
Hometown/Current Location: Coral Gables, Florida
Occupation: Journalist
Annual Income: $200,000/year
Marital Status: Married, three children (all moved out)
Education Level: Graduate degree from University of Miami

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Republican-leaning, definitely voted for Rubio and could have gone either way in the presidential race

Age: 21
Gender: Female
Race: White
Occupation: College student
Family income: $250,000
Hometown: Lexington, SC
Religion: Christian