Describe the likely political views of the previous hypothetical person

[Roll Roons]

Very liberal Democrat who probably volunteered for AOC and was a strong Bernie supporter.

Gender: Female
Age: 28
Sexual orientation: Straight
Location: Arlington, VA
Hometown: Plano, TX
Race: White
Ethnicity: Anglo-Irish
Languages: English, knows some Spanish
Relationship: Boyfriend, not yet engaged
Religion: Non-Evangelical Protestant
Education: BA from Texas A&M
Job: CIA analyst. Desk job, not a field agent

[Gracile]

Became a moderate Democrat in the Trump era, though probably voted for Romney in 2012.

Gender: Male
Age: 21
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual, but not fully comfortable/out about his attraction to men
Location: Urbana, Illinois
Hometown: Schaumburg, Illinois
Race: White
Ethnicity: English, Irish, German, Italian
Languages: English, Spanish, German, ASL
Relationship status: Single
Religion: Agnostic
Occupation: College student/server at a restaurant
Education: Working on a BS in Computer Science
Interests: Computer programming, video games, music (can play guitar, piano, and trumpet), learning new languages

[SevenEleven]

Standard Democrat. Probably supported Bernie is mostly not overly political.

Gender: Female
Age: 45
Ethnicity: Latina
Languages: English, Spanish
Family: married with three children
Education: high school graduate
Location: South Carolina
Occupation: homemaker
Interests: cooking, gardening, arts and crafts
Immigration status: 2nd generation in US

[KaiserDave]

Good example of socially conservative Latina Democrat. Thinks Jaime Harrison is smart and Lindsey Graham is a strange crazy person.


Gender: Male
Age: 80
Ethnicity: Black
Languages: English
Family: Widower, four children, 10 grandchildren
Education: High School graduate
Location: Cleveland, OH
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Occupation: Retired. Former factory worker and semi-pro ballplayer
Interests: Has begun to enjoy chess and checkers, still enjoys watching the Indians, bakes bread

[Hassan 2022]

Lifelong Democrat.

Gender: Male
Age: 34
Sexual orientation: Straight
Hometown: Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
Current location: Markham, Ontario
Race: White
Ethnicity: Portuguese
Languages: Portuguese, English, French (conversational)
Education: Some college
Relationship status: Married, no children
Occupation: Sommelier and winemaker
Interests: Football/soccer, making wine, following Canadian and Azorean politics

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Usual Liberal voter for Canadian elections and PS voter for Portuguese elections but not a party hack. At the moment he probably likes Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa more than PM Costa. Is not caring too much about the incoming Azorean elections in October.


Next hypothetical person:
Gender - Male
Age - 40
Race - "Mestizo"
Ancestry - Mexican
Sexual orientation - Heterosexual
Relationship status - Married (two kids)
Hometown - Scottsbluff, NE
Current location - Scottsbluff, NE
Religion - Protestant, non-denominational
Education - High school graduate
Occupation - General store owner
Other - Barely speaks Spanish

[KaiserDave]

Rank and file Republican, but wishes his Republicans were more Mitt Romney than Donald Trump. Will vote for Trump anyway.

Gender - Male
Age - 54
Race/Ethnicity - African American
Ancestry - Mexican
Sexual orientation - Heterosexual
Relationship status - Married (three kids)
Hometown - Gary, IN
Current location - Green Bay, WI
Religion - Roman Catholic (practicing)
Education - 4 Years College
Occupation - Office job
Other - Older Son came out as Gay, has been kind but still has deep seeded traditionalist reservations

[Gracile]

Solid Democrat, though has some issues with the way the party has moved to the left. Voted for Biden in the primary and general election.

Gender: Male
Age: 29
Race: White
Ethnicity: Italian, Irish, English
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship status: Single
Hometown: South Elgin, Illinois
Current Location: St. Charles, Illinois
Religion: Nonreligious
Education: Culinary school
Occupation: Cook at a somewhat trendy modern American restaurant
Interests: Cooking, mixology, music

[Hassan 2022]

Grew up in a fairly conservative household but generally votes Democratic. Probably voted for Bernie in the '16 and '20 primaries in IL. Ended up not voting in the general election in 2016 but regrets not voting and is now voting for Biden in November.

Gender: Female
Age: 93
Race: White
Ethnicity: Italian
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship status: Married (seven children)
Hometown: Campobasso, Molise, Italy
Current location: Wethersfield, CT
Religion: Catholic
Education: Secondary school in Italy
Occupation: Caterer (retired)
Languages: Italian, English
Interests: Writing, watching Italian movies, going to Hammonasset Beach

 

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Classic Kennedycrat who drifted right over the decades if she still votes at all, but likelier than average to be politically disengaged. Sounds like someone I'd get along famously with, too.

Gender: Female
Age: 64
Race: White
Ethnicity: Jewish and Italian
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Married, one young-adult child
Hometown: Trenton, New Jersey
Current Location: Bordentown, New Jersey
Religion: Lapsed Catholic
Education: JD from a good-not-great law school
Occupation: Recently-retired municipal government worker
Interests: Writing, gardening, music. Sings in a chorus and has had a steady rotation of pet cats since 1997.

[KaiserDave]

Democrat. Loved Elizabeth Warren.

Gender: Male
Age: 54
Race: White
Ethnicity: Caucasian, Anglo-Irish ancestry
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Married, one child
Hometown: Jackson, OH
Current Location: Jackson, OH
Religion: Non-practicing protestant but "culturally" Christian
Education: Community College
Occupation: Runs an auto glass shop
Interests: Dedicated Union member, football, cars

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Democrat. Loved Elizabeth Warren.

It's an AU version of my mom who's from New Jersey rather than Massachusetts, and yep, she is and she did/does.

Your guy "feels" Trumpist but could also be a dogged #populist Democrat since he's still an active and committed union guy. I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say the latter.

Next one is also inspired by someone I know but not as closely:

Gender: Female
Age: 19
Race: White
Ethnicity: Mixed Eastern European
Sexual Orientation: Lesbian
Relationship Status: Single
Hometown: Lexington, Massachusetts
Current Location: Amherst, Massachusetts
Religion: Devout Evangelical
Education: Current college sophomore
Occupation: Has an Etsy store
Interests: Biology (her major), religious/spiritual reading, movies, swimming

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

The Evangelical equivalent of the "leftcath starter pack" meme, including voting for Sanders, I guess.


Next hypothetical person, also inspired by someone I've known:
Gender - Male
Age - 70
Race - White
Sexual orientation - Heterosexual
Relationship status - Married with four children
Hometown - Salt Lake City, UT
Current location - Tooele, UT
Religion - LDS Church
Education - Master's degree
Occupation - Retired college professor
Other - hiking is his favourite hobby; has visited at least one third of the world's nations

[Gracile]

Former longtime Republican who grew disaffected with Trump, voted for McMullin in 2016 and intends to vote for Biden this year.

Gender: Female
Age: 35
Race: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Relationship status: Married, one child
Hometown: Flagler Beach, FL
Current Location: Brandon, FL
Religion: Baptist (moderately observant)
Education: Associate degree
Occupation: Clerical aide at her husband's business
Interests: Aquatic activities (swimming, boating, fishing), gardening

[Alcibiades]

A Republican voting for Trump, although not quite as enamoured by him as her husband is.

Gender: Male
Age: 78
Ethnicity: White, English ancestry
Sexual orientation: Straight
Relationship status: Married, 3 adult children
Hometown: Manhattan, NY
Current location: Splits his time between his Upper East Side apartment and his home in Southampton, NY.
Religion: Episcopalian
Education: J.D.
Occupation: Retired partner at a white-shoe law firm

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Former longtime Republican who grew disaffected with Trump, voted for McMullin in 2016 and intends to vote for Biden this year.

I cannot confirm the person I used as an inspiration will vote Biden (although I am fairly sure he'll do) but otherwise correct.

Alcibiades's is either the last Republican, or the first Democrat, of his WASPy af family.



Next person:
Gender - Male
Age - 60
Race - White
Ethnicity - Italian
Sexual orientation - Heterosexual
Relationship status - Married (two children)
Hometown - La Spezia, Italy
Current location - Northern Virginia
Education - College degree
Occupation - College professor in Architecture

[H. Ross Peron]

Former longtime Republican who grew disaffected with Trump, voted for McMullin in 2016 and intends to vote for Biden this year.

I cannot confirm the person I used as an inspiration will vote Biden (although I am fairly sure he'll do) but otherwise correct.

Alcibiades's is either the last Republican, or the first Democrat, of his WASPy af family.



Next person:
Gender - Male
Age - 60
Race - White
Ethnicity - Italian
Sexual orientation - Heterosexual
Relationship status - Married (two children)
Hometown - La Spezia, Italy
Current location - Northern Virginia
Education - College degree
Occupation - College professor in Architecture

Moderate Democrat, probably supported Biden in the primaries. In context of Italian politics, supported the Christian Democrats, then Forza Italia and Civic Choice but switched to PD in recent years due to the latter's pro-Europeanism.

Gender: Male
Age: 103
Race: White
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Religion: Agnostic
Sexual orientation: Straight
Relationship: Widowed, 3 children, 5 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren
Hometown: Brooklyn (Flatbush), New York
Current location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Education: Master's Degree
Occupation: Retired, World War II veteran (combat infantry in Europe) and English teacher
Interests: History, politics, literature, philosophy, chess, mathematics,
Other notes: Was a member of the Communist Party of the United States in the 30s and 40s up to 1952. Lived in Israel in 1966-8 in a kibbutz.

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Moderate Democrat, probably supported Biden in the primaries. In context of Italian politics, supported the Christian Democrats, then Forza Italia and Civic Choice but switched to PD in recent years due to the latter's pro-Europeanism.

Interesting. That's a real person (a friend of my dad) but I have no idea what his actual political views are, lol.

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[H. Ross Peron]

Very liberal Democrat who probably volunteered for AOC and was a strong Bernie supporter.

Based on a real person I know of who is a theologically conservative Presbyterian and wrote an essay condemning Ayn Rand from a Christian perspective. Was a few years ago, so not sure about her current views.

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[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Mung Beans's guy--in addition to sounding absolutely awesome--either made the commie->neocon->Never Trump periplus or has been an unshakeable genepool pinko for a literal century. Definitely one or the other.

Here's another inspired by someone I know.

Gender: Male
Age: 71
Race: White
Ethnicity: Polish and German
Religion: Catholic
Sexual orientation: Straight
Relationship: Divorced, has been in relationships post-divorce but has never remarried for religious reasons
Hometown, current location, and lifelong home: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Education: Generic humanities or social sciences BA, then MSW
Occupation: Retired social worker
Interests: Hiking, botany, Franciscan spirituality, European and Asian history
Other notes: Vietnam veteran

[H. Ross Peron]

Mung Beans's guy--in addition to sounding absolutely awesome--either made the commie->neocon->Never Trump periplus or has been an unshakeable genepool pinko for a literal century. Definitely one or the other.

Yeah, this guy was "inspired" by Sanders doing poorly with elderly Jewish voters in Florida-despite him presumably having life experiences with many of them-and so I tried to design an elderly Jewish Floridian who could conceivably be a strong Sanders supporter. Surely a decent proportion of such voters had a radical socialist or communist past much like Sanders.

(Skip).

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Mung Beans's guy--in addition to sounding absolutely awesome--either made the commie->neocon->Never Trump periplus or has been an unshakeable genepool pinko for a literal century. Definitely one or the other.

Yeah, this guy was "inspired" by Sanders doing poorly with elderly Jewish voters in Florida-despite him presumably having life experiences with many of them-and so I tried to design an elderly Jewish Floridian who could conceivably be a strong Sanders supporter. Surely a decent proportion of such voters had a radical socialist or communist past much like Sanders.

(Skip).

Did you ever see that thread where someone managed to construct a plausible Hitler-Sanders voter (a 105-year-old Operation Paperclip scientist whose #1 issue is climate change)?

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[TDAS04]

Nathan's guy must be liberal baby boomer Democrat.

Gender: Male
Age: 76
Race: Asian
Ethnicity: Vietnamese
Religion: Buddhist
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Family: Married, 4 children, 9 grandchildren
Location: San Jose, CA
Birthplace: Saigon
Occupation: Retired orthopedics surgeon
Interests: Golf, reading, and meditation

[Big Abraham]

Even though the Vietnamese are one of the more conservative Asian ethnicities, the above voter is almost certainly a moderate Democrat, especially given his location and income level (I'm assuming he's an affluent suburbanite given his profession.) Said voter voted Republican all his life, including enthusiastically for Bush twice and McCain, but began to drift away, until at this point, he favors Biden over Trump.

Sex: woman
Age: 55
Race: white
Ethnicity: Amerimutt
Religion: generic Christian, but rarely attends church
Orientation: straight
Relationship: married young, divorced after 5 years, has not remarried since. Has 2 adult children
Location: a suburb of Des Moines
Education: some college, dropped out upon marriage/pregnancy
Occupation: real estate agent
Interests: cooking, reading, home decor, walking the dog

[Left Wing]

Probably a #resister who voted for Joni Ernst, Terry Branstad and Chuck Grassley but now votes straight Democratic

Sex: Male
Age: 68
Race: Black
Ethnicity: African-American
Religion: Devout Mormon
Orientation: Straight
Relationship: Been married for over 40 years
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Education: Received a doctorate
Occupation: Surgeon
Interests: Golf, finance, football, cars