how do playboys vote?

[DC Al Fine]

I really doubt they vote much.

[All Along The Watchtower]

I really doubt they vote much.

Wouldn't a fair number of this demographic be quite wealthy?

[pbrower2a]

Sociopathic exploiters who do no real good. Republican -- heavily Republican.

[Simfan34]

If said person lived about twenty five years ago he'd be a solid Republican.

Now, not so sure.  Depends on the area he lives in.  I imagine, given the image and reputation, he probably votes whatever gets him laid (since there is no longer as much of a financial stake).

Then Democrat.

[RINO Tom]

If said person lived about twenty five years ago he'd be a solid Republican.

Now, not so sure.  Depends on the area he lives in.  I imagine, given the image and reputation, he probably votes whatever gets him laid (since there is no longer as much of a financial stake).

Then Democrat.

Guess it depends on what crowd you're in, huh?  Among my mostly socially liberal friends, if you said you were a hardcore Democrat, you'd probably get a "oh, that's cool ... but why?..." response.

[Skill and Chance]

If said person lived about twenty five years ago he'd be a solid Republican.

Now, not so sure.  Depends on the area he lives in.  I imagine, given the image and reputation, he probably votes whatever gets him laid (since there is no longer as much of a financial stake).

Then Democrat.

Guess it depends on what crowd you're in, huh?  Among my mostly socially liberal friends, if you said you were a hardcore Democrat, you'd probably get a "oh, that's cool ... but why?..." response.

I do think they vote Dem on average now, due to their presumed strong support for birth control, abortion, reducing social expectations to marry, and possibly even easier divorce.  Other social issues are less partisan, but I'd be confident asserting that more monogamous = more GOP pretty much always, culminating with two virgins at marriage being ≥ 80% GOP.  So while playboys may be only ~60% Dem today, that's very notable for a group dominated by wealthy white men. 

[SingingAnalyst]

Considering that playboys tend to be male (of course), heterosexual, middle-aged, and probably put off by Christian-right rhetoric (and probably less interested in the "inside baseball" aspect of politics and therefore less likely to buck a societal trend, say by switching from Goldwater to Humphrey) I'd say going back to 1952:

1952: Stevenson 45% Eisenhower 55%
1956: Stevenson 42% Eisenhower 58%
1960: Kennedy 55% Nixon 45%
1964: Johnson 66% Goldwater 34%
1968: Humphrey 48% Nixon 42% Wallace 10%
1972: McGovern 42% Nixon 56%
1976: Carter 52% Ford 46%
1980: Carter 37% Reagan 54% Anderson 7%
1984: Mondale 38% Reagan 62%
1988: Dukakis 45% Bush 54%
1992: Clinton 45% Bush 34% Perot 20%
1996: Clinton 55% Dole 36% Perot 7%
2000: Gore 52% Bush 44%
2004: Kerry 54% Bush 45%
2008: Obama 61% McCain 37%
2012: Obama 58% Romney 40%

2016: Clinton 46% Trump 47%

[Thunderbird is the word]

Maybe libertarian leaning. I imagine a lot of playboys are if not rich then at the very least faux-rich and status symbol obsessed. Also while they hate the religious right I imagine they'd be just as likely to hate feminists. Actually I could see Trump being a candidate the group would swing heavily towards.