Describe the likely political views of the previous hypothetical person

[James Monroe]

A Democrat who supported Hillary in the general. Non-primary voter who tends to be center-left on the issues.


Age: 39
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: African American
Location: Baltimore, Marlyland
Occupation: Inspirational speaker
Martial Status: Married for 3 years. One child(5 years old)
Income: $89,000
Religion: Nation of Islam
Issues: Black Lives Matter(Believes they are reckoning the black community), Palestine(Supported two-state solution),  Death Penalty(Against it), Gun Rights(Right to Bear Arms).

[Thunderbird is the word]

Registered Democrat who often votes third party. Voted for Bernie in the primary and Jill Stein in the general.

Age: 53
Gender: Male
Location: New York, NY
Hometown: Chinatown, NY
Occupation: Bar Owner
Marital Status: Married, no children
Income: $95-150,000
Ethnicity: Italian-American
Religion: Taoist (raised Catholic but was an Atheist for a while.  Wife is Chinese and he converted due to marriage.)
Issues: Small Business regulations (supports lowering taxes, finding ways of making start up costs cheaper, hates bureaucratic red tape) Police reform (sympathetic to Black Lives Matter due to frequently being harassed by police himself. Was involved in early NYC hiphop scene) Gun Rights (NRA member, hates New York's tight gun control law. Keeps a gun hidden in the cash register of his bar.) Immigration (supports amnesty, his own father fought in the Italian resistance against Mussolini and emigrated to US illegally after WWII and was later naturalized.) Gay Rights (Some of his best clientele)

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Vaguely libertarian, but not super political.  May have voted for Trump after considering Bernie in the primary.

Age: 22
Gender: Female
Race: White
Family Income: $200,000, makes $5000 per summer working
Location: Athens, GA, hometown in GA-06
Occupation: Student at the University of Georgia
Religion: Southern Baptist who goes to church more at home than at school

[Thunderbird is the word]

Raised in a very conservative family but may have moved left to spite her parents, living in Athens helped. Supported Bernie in the primary and Hillary in the general.

Age: 20
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White (Russian-Jewish)
Family Income: $150,000-$200,000 (Father is a retired military officer who now runs a small-sized mom and pop Advertising Firm)
Location: New York, NY
Hometown: Middletown, NJ  
Occupation: Undergrad at Columbia, Sociology major (Works at family firm in the summer, during semester does canvassing work for a political organization and deals pot on the side.)
Religion: Atheist (Family was reform, had a Barmitzvah but hasn't been back to temple since.)

[JGibson]

Probably a Bernie voter in the primaries, likely Hillary in the general.

Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual
Age: 28
Religion: raised Roman Catholic (whose parents preferred attending the Extraordinary Form mass or the EWTN/OLAM Shrine-style Novus Ordo mass when possible), now Episcopalian (attends most Sundays)
Education Level: Community College
Occupation: Hair Stylist
Income Level: $32,500/yr
Military Status: none
Marital Status: Married (Husband/Wife), zero kids
Current Location: Washington, DC
Birth Location/Hometown: Mejicanos, El Salvador
Issue(s) Prioritized: LGBTQ/Bisexual rights (pro), US/El Salvador relations, refugee resettlement (pro), immigration (pro), religious freedom

[Thunderbird is the word]

Bernie supporter in the primary, easy vote for Hillary in the general.

Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: African-American
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 34
Religion: Raised Baptist, now Agnostic
Education Level: College Graduate
Occupation: Accounts Coordinator at Advertising Firm
Income Level: $40-45,000 a year
Marital Status: In a relationship
Current Location: Brooklyn, NY
Hometown: Mount Vernon, NY
Priority Issues: Trade Policy/Taxes (Supports Free Trade making international business easier. Supports Lower Taxes) ACA (Opposes due to increased premiums) Affirmative Action: (Strongly opposed due to racism faced in college where he was accused of only being there due to AA) Gun Control: (Strongly against, father owned a liquor store which was robbed several times. NRA member.) Criminal Justice Reform: (Moderately supportive of Black Lives Matter, supports sentencing reform and ending the war on drugs.)

[Classic Conservative]

Voted for Cruz in the primary after supporting Paul and Rubio. Begrudgingly voted for Trump in the end because of Obamacare and Gun Rights.

Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Black
Sexual Orientation: Gay
Age: 25
Religion: Armenian Apostolic attends weekly services/Raised Southern Baptist
Education Level: College Graduate
Marital Status: Married to an African-American Man
Occupation: Producer at Fox News
Income Level: $100-115,000 a year
Current Location: Harlem, New York
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
Priority Issues: Terrorism, Immigration, Tax Reform, Climate Change and Social Policy

[TDAS04]

Republican with an unusual background for a Republican.  Somewhat independent-minded, but probably voted reluctantly for Trump after staunchly backing Kasich in the primary.

Gender: Female
Age: 37
Ethnicity: Asian Indian
Family: Married to white man, one kid
Religion: Hindu
Occupation: Radiologist
Salary: $360,000 per year
Location: Naperville, Illinois (lived entire life in greater Chicago)
Priority issues: Reproductive rights, terrorism, national debt

[Thunderbird is the word]

Hawkish DLC Democrat, supported Hillary in both the primary and general election.

Gender: Male
Age: 78
Ethnicity: White (German/English/Welsh)
Religion: Baptist (Raised Methodist, was an Atheist for a while before later having "coming to Jesus" moment
Occupation: Minister (Adjunct professor of theology at University of Georgia)
Marital Status: Married (Divorced twice before, three children and two grandchildren from previous marriages.)
Hometown: Rochester, NY
Location: Athens, Georgia
Education: Went to college for two years in his youth before dropping out, later went back as an adult and graduated with a duel major in History and Theology. 
Priority Issues: Criminal Justice Reform/Opposition to police violence (supporter of black lives matter, was involved in civil rights activism in youth.) Health Care (Supports single payer health care, thinks the lack of it is immoral.) Anti-War (Longtime anti-war activist since Vietnam when he raided draft offices.) Somewhat morally conservative in terms of personal norms, Pro-Life though more focused on trying to reduce number of abortions. Was initially opposed to gay marriage but eventually persuaded to support it and now marries gay couple in his church.

[Classic Conservative]

Bernie Supporter and voted for Hillary in the fall. His parents were probably moderate methodists who voted for the GOP, a la the Rodhams.

Gender: Female
Age: 24
Ethnicity: Half Turkish Jewish/Half Greek Christian
Religion: Raised Greek Orthodox but now worships the Greek Gods
Martial Status: Married at 18 to her 'husband' who is 35 but she also have multiple girlfriends
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual who leans Lesbian
Hometown: Jerusalem, Israel
Location: Flatbush, Brooklyn
Education: College Degree in Foreign Relations from George Washington currently working towards Doctorate
Occupation: Works part time for Breitbart and small conservative outlets and for Human Rights Campaign.
Priority Issues: Forced Conversion of all citizens of Turkey to Christianity, Supporting Assad, Supporting Putin, Banning Refugees, Gay Rights, Transgender Issues, Abortion Rights, Climate Change, Environmental Policy, Spreading the Wealth.

[RFayette]

Seems like a Sanders primary Trump general bizarre-ish kind of voter

Gender: Male
Age: 30
Ethnicity:  White
Religion:  Reformed Baptist
Marital status:  Married, age 25
Hometown: Naperville, IL
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Education:  Bachelor's degree in Statistics
Occupation:  Actuary
Priority issues:  Right-to-life, gun rights, Religious freedom

[Hassan 2022]

Cruz supporter in the 2016 primary and #NeverTrump to the core. Voted for Gary Johnson out of spite for Trump in the general.

Gender: Male
Age: 27
Ethnicity: Hmong
Religion: Non-practicing (though raised Christian)
Marital status: Single
Hometown: Hickory, NC
Location: Fresno, CA
Education: B.A. in Philosophy
Occupation: Social studies teacher at public HS in Fresno
Priority issues: Acceptance of refugees, Asian-American visibility in media, mental health

[Pragmatic Conservative]

Sanders supporter in the primary, supported Clinton in the general.
Gender: Female
Age: 39
Ethnicity:Hispanic
Religion: Devout Catholic
Marital status: Married at 19, 1 adopted child.
Hometown: Jacksonville Florida
Location: Jacksonville Florida
Education: M.A. in Engineering 
Occupation:Civil Engineer 
Priority issues: Right to life, immigration reform, balancing the budget/reducing national debt and Job creation.

[Thunderbird is the word]

Republican, voted for Kasich at state primary convention. Was #nevertrump at first but eventually came around to holding her nose and voting for him after hearing Hillary articulate her views on Abortion.

Gender: Male
Age: 46
Race/Ethnicity: White (Italian-American)
Religion: Atheist (raised Catholic, still holds some reverence for church despite not being able to believe himself.)
Marital Status: Divorced
Hometown: Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Current Location: Queens, NY
Education: Police Academy (Going back to school for degree in philosophy)
Occupation: NYPD officer
Priority Issues: Corruption/Civil Service reform (critical of "blue wall of shield" has been threatened in the past for attempting to report on shady department policies and supports greater civilian oversight) Terrorism (Hawkish on foreign policy, was in World Trade Center on 9/11) Healh Care (Supports the ACA, would like to see single payer implemented. Thinks doing so would free cops to not be so reliant on the Patrolemen's benevolent association which he hates and thinks is irredeemably corrupt.) War on drugs/victimless crimes (Supports legalizing drugs and prostitution and thinks police force wastes too much time on victimless crimes and shaking citizens down at the expense of actual legwork.)

[Classic Conservative]

From the description of the person, you'd think he would have voted for Trump but he is a Bernie voter who chose Johnson.

Age: 19
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Religion: Modern Orthodox Judaism
Marital Status: Married and pregnant with a boy
Hometown: Upper East Side, Manhattan
Current Location: Bnei Brak, Israel
Education: Hebrew University of Israel (Degree in Politics)
Occupation: Writer for New York Post
Priority Issues: Israel (specifically expansion of settlements, other right wing issues), expansion of welfare (for poorer Jews and others), strong neoconservative foreign policy, religious freedom, higher taxes on wealthy, banning gay marriage and globalization.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Definite Trump voter, probably voted Rubio or wrote in Huckabee in the primaries

Age: 41
Gender: Male
Occupation: Film executive
Location: Newport Beach, CA
Income: $4-5 million
Marital status: Married with two kids
Religion: Presbyterian

[Thunderbird is the word]

Hillary voter though mostly apolitical

Age: 63
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White (Irish/English/Italian)
Occupation: Wedding singer/music teacher
Location/Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Income: $30-40,000
Martial Status: In a long term relationship
Religion: Catholic

[BuckeyeNut]

Non-political Trump supporter who came on late.

Age: 23
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Religion: Self-identified "Deist"
Marital Status: Engaged
Hometown: Warwick, Rhode Island
Current Location: Havover, NH
Education: Dartmouth College
Occupation: Currently a junior in college majoring in East-Asian Studies. Should be graduating, but took significant time off to volunteer on the Presidential campaign after being caught up in the NH fervor and we later deployed to other states. (Who that candidate is, you get to choose!)
Priority Issues: Trade (anti-NAFTA, anti-TPP)

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Obviously, that would be Bernie

Age: 35
Gender: Male
Race: White
Hometown: Suburbs of Salt Lake City
Location: Denver
Religion: Mormon
Education: University of Utah
Occupation: Pot store owner who has never tried marijuana himself
Income: $60,000
Marital Status: Engaged

[Thunderbird is the word]

I'm thinking a rare Mormon Democrat who became one in response to the moralism of the Utah GOP, believes his faith should be a private matter and not something for the state to enforce. Also has some Libertarian leanings.

Age: 46
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White/Hispanic (German, Italian, Cuban)
Hometown/Current Location: Miami, Florida
Religion: Catholic
Education: Some college (took classes in photography but never received a degree)
Occupation: Wedding Photographer
Income: $50-60,000
Marital Status: Divorced, in a relationship

[JGibson]

My guess: probably a Clinton (or Johnson or write-in)/Downballot GOP voter in 2016.

Gender: Female
Race/Ethnicity: White
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 41
Religion: Christian-Pentecostal (attend every Sunday, leads a Sunday School class)
Education Level: Some College
Occupation: Small Business Owner
Income Level: $65,500/yr
Military Status: Retired, served in Navy
Marital Status: Married (Husband/Wife), 3 kids (two daughters, 1 son)
Current Location: Pensacola, FL
Birth Location/Hometown: Muncie, IN
Issue(s) Prioritized: role of the military, Terrorism, National Security, Immigration (generally anti-immigrant, but supports limited pathway to citizenship), Islam (rabidly anti-Islam), Law Enforcement/Police (vehemently pro-#BlueLivesMatter/anti-#BlackLivesMatter), Abortion (anti-abortion)

[Thunderbird is the word]

Staunch Republican, voted for Cruz in the primary but came around to supporting Trump in the general very easily.

Gender: Male
Age: 36
Religion: Lapsed Catholic, dabbles in spirituality
Race/Ethnicity: White (German/Polish/Slovak)
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 36
Education Level: College Graduate
Occupation: Teacher (Teaches High School History)
Income: $55,000 a year
Military Status: Veteran (Enlisted in Army after 9/11. Served three tours of duty in Iraq)
Marital Status: Married (One daughter)
Current Location: Cleveland, Ohio (Lives in city, commutes to wealthier suburb where he teaches)
Hometown: Youngstown, Ohio

Priority Issues: Education (Supports greater investment in public schools) Trade (Protectionist, strongly opposed to NAFTA, father worked in a plant which was closed down.) Anti-War (Became strongly anti-war following his military service, was an active member of "Iraq Vets Against The War.")

[Libertarian in Name Only]

Decides to take a chance on Trump since he's protectionist and sounds vaguely anti-war during campaign.

Gender: Male
Age: 19
Religion: Protestant, only attends sometimes
Race/Ethnicity: White
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Education: HS Graduate, on a gap year
Occupation: Full-time mechanic
Income: $30,000
Location: Denver suburbs

Priority Issues: Marijuana legalization, College affordability, Gun rights

[TDAS04]

Democrat.  Guns aside, he seems to have little use for the Republicans.

Gender: Female
Age: 20
Race/Ethnicity: White
Religion: Baptist
Family: Single, has a boyfriend
Education/Occupation: Student at University of Wyoming, part-time employee at grocery store
Location: Laramie, Wyoming
Hometown: Greeley, Colorado

Priority issues: Gun rights (loves hunting), stopping violence against women (rape victim)

[tschandler]

Libertarian Republican - Paul in the primary, Trump in the general but publicly says she voted for Johnson.

Gender: Male
Age: 29
Race/Ethnicity: White - English/Scot Irish
Religion: Southern Baptist
Family: Single, recovering from death of disabled father that they took care of.
Education: Bachelors in History Education
Occupation: Operating a Digital Printing Press for a industry leader in Flexographic printing. Reserve Sheriff's Deputy.
Location: North Alabama
Hometown: Fyffe, Alabama (yes the UFO place)

Priority Issues: Gun Rights, Anti Protectionism, Marijuana Decriminalization, Lower Taxes