Describe the likely political views of the previous hypothetical person

[Thunderbird is the word]

Democratic leaning independent. Somewhat grudgingly voted for Hillary though didn't really like either candidate.

Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian/Hispanic (1/4th Irish, 1/4th German, 1/4th English, 1/4th Mexican)
Gender: Female
Age: 31
Hometown: New York, NY
Current location: Brooklyn, NY
Income: $35-40,000
Occupation: Journalist (Technology Writer)
Education: High School Dropout (Largely self-educated, started out working menial jobs and contributing freelance articles. Was eventually hired.)
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Agnostic
Issues Prioritized: Abortion, Science, Technology, Health Care

[White Trash]

Solid Democrat. A huge fan of both Obama and Clinton. Voted for Clinton in the primary.

Race/Ethnicity: White (Irish, French)
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Hometown: Windsor, Vermont
Current location: Orlando, Florida
Income: $70,000
Occupation: Pepsi sales manager
Education: High School graduate
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Catholic (never attends church)
Issues Prioritized: Corruption, law and order, immigration, capital punishment

[heatcharger]

Solid Republican across the board, voted Trump in the primary. Last voted for a Democrat in 1996 for Clinton.

Race/Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Hometown: Birmingham, AL
Current location: Alpharetta, Georgia
Income: $80,000
Occupation: Structural engineer
Education: Bachelor's degree
Marital Status: Divorced
Religion: Atheist
Issues Prioritized: Infrastructure, gun rights, health insurance

[Thunderbird is the word]

Solid Democrat, voted Sanders in primary and switched to Hillary in general with some hesitancy.

Race/Ethnicity: White (Irish, German)
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Hometown: Queens, NY
Current location: Magog, Quebec
Occupation: Retired (Worked Construction, later became Vice-President of local building trades union)
Education: College dropout
Marital Status: Married (Divorced three times, has seven children total from marriages along with several illegitimate ones.)
Religion: Lapsed Catholic
Issues Prioritized: Economy, Labor

[erſatz-york]

Nixon Democrat. Voted Democratic in every election except 1972. In Canada, this guy would probably be a Liberal.

Race/Ethnicity: White (predominantly German)
Gender: Male
Age: mid 40s
Hometown: rural/small-city Ohio
Current location: Katy, TX
Income: ~$50,000
Occupation: High school math teacher (public school), former active-duty Navy, currently Navy reservist
Education: College grad
Marital status: Married with children
Religion: Practicing Protestant
Issues: Unknown

[Thunderbird is the word]

Lifelong Republican, supported Kasich in primary and Trump in general somewhat reluctantly.

Race/Ethnicity: White/Persian (Half Italian/Half Mizrahi Jew)
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Current Location: Staten Island, NY
Income: $25-30,000
Occcupation: Line Cook at Middle Eastern Restaurant
Education: College Graduated (Degree in international relations, looking to go into foreign service eventually but currently living with parents to pay off student loans and save up for marriage.)
Marital Status: Engaged
Religion: Jewish, though not particularly devout
Issues: Student loan reform, Israel, foreign policy, economy

[McGovernForPrez]

Democrat, leaned Bernie in primary but also strongly supported Clinton, staunchly anti-Trump for foreign policy reasons.

Race: White (Irish)
Gender: Male
Age: 53
Hometown: Dublin, Ireland
Current location: Boston, MA
Education: Some college, first in family to attend.
Occupation: Powerline worker employed for a local municipality, involved in local union
Income: 100k + good benefits
Marital status: Married, three children.
Religion: Catholic
Issues: Workers rights, Immigration (pro), Pro-Palestine (grew up during The Troubles and sees parallels between the Catholics in Northern Ireland and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip/East Bank )

[erſatz-york]

Safely Democratic. Went for Bernie in the primaries, split between Jill and Hill in the general.

Race: White
Gender: Female
Age: 33
Current location/hometown: Katy, TX
Education: College grad
Occupation: High school history teacher (public school)
Income: ~$52,000
Marital status, Married w/ young daughters
Religion: Christian, not visibly devout or practicing
Issues: Education(strongly opposes DeVos/voucher programs), healthcare (feels that Obamacare hurts her), Social Security (feels that it is unsustainable in its current form)
Other: Says she voted for a write-in candidate in the election, but I'm not sure who that would be.

[James Monroe]

A #NeverTrump Republican who has maintained her disapproval consistently.



Race: White
Gender: Female
Age: 55
Current location: San Francisco, California
Hometown:  Sarasota, Florida
Education: B.A in Art History
Occupation: Painter
Martial Status: Single
Religion: No affiliation(Believes in God)
Issues: Disability rights( High-functioning autistic who wants better program funding for disabled adults), Woman's rights(Feminist who wants to make the work environments safer for all females), Death Penalty(Wants it abolished by the federal courts)
Other: 5'11, redhead, has one cat.

[Hassan 2022]

Staunchly Democratic. Supported Hillary in the 2016 primary and the general election.

Race: White
Gender: Female
Age: 37
Current location: Rye, NH
Hometown: Derry, NH
Education: Graduated from Northeastern (B.S. in Chemistry)
Occupation: Chemist
Marital Status: Married
Income (personal): ~$76,000
Religion: Methodist
Issues: Science education (strongly opposes the intermingling of creationism with scientific teaching in public schools), education in general (opposes Common Core standards)

[erſatz-york]

Lean Republican of the upscale variety, probably McCain/Romney/Clinton (or McMullin or Johnson). Voted for Kelly Ayotte in the Senate election. Could also be a Libertarian.

Race/Ethnicity: White (Czech)
Gender: Male
Age: 64
Current location: Katy, TX
Hometown: Ancestrally-Czech community in rural TX?
Education: College grad (Texas A&M)
Occupation: Driving instructor, about to retire. Formerly taught a drafting course at Texas A&M.
Marital status: Married
Income: ~$40,000
Religion: Hard to tell
Issues: Social Security (need to preserve as-is)
Other: Is a vegetarian.

[TDAS04]

Could be a rare Democrat in his area.

Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White, mostly English and Scotch-Irish
Age: 46
Occupation: Bank executive
Religion: Church-going Presbyterian
Family: Married to his husband, 2 adopted daughters
Location: Cobb County Georgia
Other: Likes to hunt

[Hassan 2022]

Conservative fiscally, though moderately liberal socially (esp. in terms of LGBT rights). Often votes for moderate Democrats and Republicans depending on the candidate. Voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 primary and the general election.

Ethnicity: Assyrian/Chaldean
Gender: Female
Age: 26
Current location: Chicago, IL
Hometown: Sterling Heights, MI
Education: Graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (B.A. in Classical Archaeology)
Occupation: Museum curator
Marital status: Engaged
Income: ~$54,000
Religion: Christianity (Assyrian Church of the East)
Issues: Terrorism (is a strong supporter of military intervention in the Middle East to quell ISIS' power), Education (wants to see classical history taught in public school curricula across the U.S.)
Other: Is very much connected to the Assyrian communities of suburban Detroit and Chicago.

[Thunderbird is the word]

Hawkish Republican. Supported Rubio in the primary and was originally #NeverTrump but came home and voted for him in the final weeks of the election.

Ethnicity: White (German/English/Dutch/Italian)
Gender: Male
Age: 64
Current Location: Elizabethtown, NJ
Hometown: Queens, NY
Occupation: Musician/Audio Engineer (played bass in several semi-legendary bands was big on early CBGBs scene. Still yours occasionally and runs home studio.)
Income: $40-60,000 (varies from year to year based on how well business and sales of old albums are doing.)
Religion: Agnostic (dabbles in spirituality)
Education: College dropout (went to Queens College for three semesters in 70s before dropping out. Later took various courses at community college over the years in business, audio engineering and several other subjects of personal interest.)
Marital Status: Married, one daughter
Priority issues: Health Care (pro Obamacare supports moving towards single payer) Gay rights (had many gay friends when younger and witnessed many die in early AIDS epidemic) Terrorism (hawkish on foreign policy due to living near World Trade Center on 9/11) Small business rights (disdainful of small business regulations, highly critical of NYPD crackdowns on music scene in 90s and 2000s, hates nanny state type smoking bans.)

[Hassan 2022]

Socially and economically left-libertarian, though with a significant neoconservative foreign policy outlook. Voted for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 primary and didn't vote in the general. Was #NeverHillary from the beginning; he saw her as the epitome of the incoming New York City elite class (who were partially responsible for NYC's sterilization in the '90s and '00s).

Ethnicity: Finnish
Gender: Female
Age: 55
Current Location: Astoria, OR
Hometown: Longview, WA
Occupation: Cafe owner (got her start in the foodservice business through her parents; worked as a waitress at their well-known diner in Longview)
Income: ~$49,000
Religion: Cultural Lutheran (only attends church services on holidays)
Education: Clatsop Community College (2-year degree in Business Management)
Marital Status: Single
Issues: Health care (strong supporter of single-payer; has numerous issues with the ACA), Food access (wants to see more programs that aim to curb "food deserts" in poverty-stricken communities)

[erſatz-york]

Bernie in the primary, somewhat reluctantly Trump in the general. Now being turned rapidly away from Trump by AHCA.

Race/Ethnicity: White (Irish)
Gender: Male
Age: mid 30s to mid 40s
Current Location: Albuquerque, NM
Hometown: Cicero, IL
Occupation: Lawyer/attorney specializing in elder law
Income: $51,000
Religion: Roman Catholic, not particularly devout
Education: Law degree from a shifty, Tarkio College-esque diploma mill
Marital status: Single, divorced
Issues: Anti-tort reform, probably

[Thunderbird is the word]

Democrat due to his hatred of Tort Reform.

Race/Ethnicity: White (Russian-Jewish)
Gender: Male
Age: 60
Current Location: Santa Monica, California
Hometown: Brookline, MA
Occupation: Technical Consultant on movie sets/Assistant Producer
Income: $750,000-$1,000,000
Religion: Atheist (culturally Jewish)
Education: MA in History
Marital Status: Divorced
Issues: Foreign Policy (Hawkish, Christopher Hitchens/Sam Harris type) Socially libertarian, strongly pro-choice/pro-gay marriage/anti drug war but has a longstanding hatred of political correctness which goes back to his teens growing up in Boston during the busing era when he was disgusted by his wealthy liberal parents hypocrisy on the issue. Also ex-wife was Israeli and he lived there briefly which influenced some views.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Trump, but voted straight Democratic downballot.

Race/Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Female
Age: 38
Current Location: University Park, Texas
Hometown: Provo, Utah
Occupation: Former veteran, small businesswoman
Income: $50,000
Religion: Former Mormon; now a Unitarian.
Education: Majored in Business Administration
Marital Status: Married, with 4 children
Issues: has liberal social views. She has libertarian leanings overall, and opposes Obamacare's individual mandate.

[Hassan 2022]

Wrote-in Rand Paul in the Texas Republican primary and voted for Gary Johnson in the general election due to her distaste for Trump.

Ethnicity: Samoan
Gender: Male
Age: 52
Current Location: Laie, HI
Hometown: Pago Pago, American Samoa
Occupation: Local construction company owner
Income: ~$51,000
Religion: Mormon (LDS)
Education: BEnvD in Construction Management at the University of Hawaii (Manoa)
Marital status: Married, 4 children
Issues: Wants to see vocational/trade schools expanded. Is generally conservative socially (to varying degrees depending on the issue), though he came to support LGBT rights after his daughter came out as a lesbian.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Never Trump Republican, voted for McMullin

Age: 21
Gender: Male
Race: White
Hometown: Franklin, Tennessee
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Religion: Christian
Occupation: Economics student at Harvard
Family Income: $300,000

[Gass3268]

Very liberal Democrat who fled the South as soon as possible and is now studying Keynesian economics. Voted for Hillary Clinton and volunteered for her campaign in New Hampshire

Age: 100
Gender: Woman
Race: White
Hometown: Anchorage, AK
Location: Boca Raton, FL
Religion: Catholic
Occupation: Stripper
Family Income: $100,000

[Hassan 2022]

Strongly libertarian though doesn't typically vote and didn't in 2016. Did get seven write-in votes from long-time patrons of her strip club.

Ethnicity: Native American
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Current Location: Anadarko, OK
Hometown: Chickasha, OK
Occupation: Waitress/Honey bee farmer
Income: ~$35,000
Religion: Roman Catholic (not noticeably devout)
Education: Self-taught
Issues: Environmental policy, Native American tribal rights
Other: Briefly lived in Minneapolis, MN in her late teens

[bagelman]

Voted Democrat in most past presidential elections, until 2016 when she didn't vote for president. Occasionally votes for third party candidates.

Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Age: Will be 41 next month
Hometown: Wichita, Kansas
Occupation: Machine Tender
Religion: Goes to church 1-3 times a year, was "really devout" one year and went 5 times.
Education: High school dropout, later got GED to prove she could
Issues: Overtime pay

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Not particularly political, vaguely populist, and voted Trump

Age: 42
Gender: Female
Race: White Hispanic, culturally white
Location: Tarrant County, Texas
Occupation: Stay at home mom of 3
Marital Status: Married for 20 years to a non-Hispanic white
Family Income: $1,500,000
Religion: Raised Catholic, convert to Southern Baptist faith

[Hassan 2022]

Typical rich, suburban Texas Republican. Often donates large sums of money to Republican candidates on the federal, state, and local levels.

Ethnicity: Scottish
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Current Location: Spokane, WA
Hometown: Kamloops, BC - *Became an American citizen in 2007
Occupation: Orthodontist
Marital Status: Married, 7 years (previously divorced)
Income: ~$130,000
Religion: Agnostic
Education: University of British Columbia
Issues: General health care