Describe the likely political views of the previous hypothetical person

[Dr. MB]

Left-wing Democrat.

Gender: Male
Age: 73
Ethnicity: White (Italian/Polish)
Religion: Devout Catholic
Location: DuBois, Pennsylvania
Hometown: Rochester, New York
Occupation: Retired steelworker
Marital status: Married to wife since age 22

[Thunderbird is the word]

Lifelong Democrat who voted for Nixon, Reagan and Trump. May have voted for Bernie in Democratic primary.

Gender: Male
Age: 96
Ethnicity: White (Russian-Jewish/English/Scottish)
Religion: Atheist
Location: New York, NY
Hometown: Greensboro, NC (Born in North Carolina where parents had met after father who was a World War I veteran from Brooklyn met his mother while visiting her brother who he'd served with in France. Lived in North Carolina until he was ten years old when father moved family back to Brooklyn where he'd been offered work after losing job in depression.)
Occupation: Retired Novelist/Professor/occasional political columnist (Served in Army Air Corps during WWII, took part in liberation of Sicily.)
Marital Status: Divorced three times
Education Level: PhD

[Bidenworth2020]

Lifelong Democrat who voted for Nixon, Reagan and Trump. May have voted for Bernie in Democratic primary.

Gender: Male
Age: 96
Ethnicity: White (Russian-Jewish/English/Scottish)
Religion: Atheist
Location: New York, NY
Hometown: Greensboro, NC (Born in North Carolina where parents had met after father who was a World War I veteran from Brooklyn met his mother while visiting her brother who he'd served with in France. Lived in North Carolina until he was ten years old when father moved family back to Brooklyn where he'd been offered work after losing job in depression.)
Occupation: Retired Novelist/Professor/occasional political columnist (Served in Army Air Corps during WWII, took part in liberation of Sicily.)
Marital Status: Divorced three times
Education Level: PhD

democrat across the board, a Bernie dem



Gender: Male
Age: 44
Ethnicity: White/Hispanic
Religion: Catholic
Location: Collin County, TX
Hometown: El Paso, TX
Occupation: business owner
Salary: 170,000
Marital Status: married to wife of ten years, two children
Education Level: college

[Dr. MB]

"Never Trump" centrist Republican who sometimes votes for Democrats. Supported John Kasich and voted for Hillary Clinton.

Gender: Female
Age: 19
Ethnicity: White
Religion: Mainline Protestant
Location: Athens, GA
Hometown: Roswell, GA
Occupation: college student
Marital Status: single
Education Level: Currently attending University of Georgia

[Young Conservative]

"Never Trump" centrist Republican who sometimes votes for Democrats. Supported John Kasich and voted for Hillary Clinton.

Gender: Female
Age: 19
Ethnicity: White
Religion: Mainline Protestant
Location: Athens, GA
Hometown: Roswell, GA
Occupation: college student
Marital Status: single
Education Level: Currently attending University of Georgia

Apolitical Republican. Voted for who her parents did. (basing it on personal experience)

Age: 80
Ethnicity: White
Religion: Southern Baptist
Location: Rural Mississippi
Hometown: Jackson, MS
Occupation: Retired electrical union worker
Marital Status: married
Education Level: high school

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Trump supporter (primary and general).  Probably voted mostly Democratic until the 2000s.

Age: 30
Gender: Male
Location: Silicon Valley
Race: White
Income: low-mid 6-figures in some big tech job
Religion: Evangelical Christian
Marital Status: Married with 1 kid

[Bidenworth2020]

Trump supporter (primary and general).  Probably voted mostly Democratic until the 2000s.

Age: 30
Gender: Male
Location: Silicon Valley
Race: White
Income: low-mid 6-figures in some big tech job
Religion: Evangelical Christian
Marital Status: Married with 1 kid

held nose and voted for clinton, sanchez in senate race.rep, strong cruz supporter in primary

[Hassan 2022]

Age: 79
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Avoca, PA
Current location: Scranton, PA
Race: White (Ukrainian)
Religion: Eastern Catholic
Marital status: Married with 5 children and 9 grandchildren; wife is 74 years old
Former occupation: Baker; retired in 2008
Education level: High school

[Dr. MB]

Registered Democrat who voted for Obama, Sanders, and Trump.

Age: 84
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas
Current location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Race: White
Religion: Evangelical Protestant
Marital status: Recently widowed
Former occupation: Retired plumber
Education level: High school

[erſatz-york]

Registered Democrat who voted for Obama, Sanders, and Trump.

Age: 84
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas
Current location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Race: White
Religion: Evangelical Protestant
Marital status: Recently widowed
Former occupation: Retired plumber
Education level: High school

Mostly voted for Democrats in up- and downballot races, but voted for Wallace (68), Nixon (72), Reagan, and Trump.

Age: 55
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White (German)
Hometown: Delaware, OH
Current location: Greater Houston Area
Religion: Devout Catholic
Marital status: Married with two sons
Occupation: High school statistics teacher
Salary: $59,110
Education: Kent State University, Texas Tech University
Other: Seems to believe in global warming

[Dr. MB]

"Never Trump" Republican who supported Cruz.

Age: 61
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Da Nang, Vietnam
Current location: Colorado Springs, Colorado. Refugee after Vietnam War.
Race: Asian
Religion: Catholic
Marital status: Married for 33 years
Occupation: Small business owner
Education level: Grade school

[Hassan 2022]

Solidly Republican

Age: 38
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Volgograd, Russia
Current location: Lents, Portland, OR
Ethnicity: Russian
Religion: Russian Orthodox
Marital status: Unmarried; in a relationship for 5 years
Occupation: Chiropractor
Highest ed. level: DC (Doctor in Chiropractic) from the University of Western States in Portland

[Dr. MB]

Clinton Democrat

Age: 29
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Current location: Chicago, Illinois
Ethnicity: White/French Creole
Religion: Catholic
Marital status: Unmarried
Occupation: Public school teacher
Education: Master's Degree in teaching

[Hassan 2022]

Moderate-to-progressive Democrat. Voted for Obama in the primary and the general in '08, Obama again in '12, Bernie in the primary, and HRC in the general.

Age: 77
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Holyoke, MA
Current location: Walpole, NH
Ethnicity: Irish, English, Italian
Religion: Methodist (in name only)
Marital status: Married for 25 years; divorced in 2009
Occupation: Retired; formerly a journalist in towns throughout the Connecticut River Valley (MA/VT/NH)
Education (location): University of Vermont

[Dr. MB]

Lifelong liberal Democrat who has rarely or never voted for a Republican.

Age: 43
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Staten Island, New York
Current location: Grand Island, Nebraska
Ethnicity: Italian/Spanish
Religion: Catholic
Marital status: Married for 9 years
Occupation: Lawyer
Education: University of Alabama

[erſatz-york]

Age: 37
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Macon, GA
Current location: Athens, GA
Ethnicity: Black
Religion: Methodist (AME)
Marital status: Married for 5 years, no children
Occupation: History professor at the University of Georgia for 6 years
Education: UGA
Other: His father, mother, and brother own a pharmacy in Macon

[Dr. MB]

Moderate Democrat and Clinton supporter

I'll do my last one since noone responded.

Age: 43
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Staten Island, New York
Current location: Grand Island, Nebraska
Ethnicity: Italian/Spanish
Religion: Catholic
Marital status: Married for 9 years
Occupation: Lawyer
Education: University of Alabama

[Hassan 2022]

Conservative/relatively anti-establishment Republican

Age: 49
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Stoneham, MA
Current location: South Hampton, NH
Ethnicity: Italian
Religion: Roman Catholic
Marital status: Married for 5 years
Occupation: Real estate agent
Education: Stonehill College

[Dr. MB]

Traditional union Democrat with some libertarian views

Age: 28
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Hood River, Oregon
Current location: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Ethnicity: Half white, half Mexican
Religion: Pentecostal
Marital status: Not married
Occupation: Lawyer
Education: University of Idaho and University of Idaho College of Law

[Hassan 2022]

Moderate Republican who occasionally votes for Democrats on the local level

Age: 56
Gender: Female
Birthplace: St. Cloud, MN
Current location: Lisbon, ND
Ethnicity: Norwegian
Marital status: Married for 13 years; recently divorced
Occupation: City clerk
Education: University of Manitoba

[Bidenworth2020]

Moderate Republican who occasionally votes for Democrats on the local level

Age: 56
Gender: Female
Birthplace: St. Cloud, MN
Current location: Lisbon, ND
Ethnicity: Norwegian
Marital status: Married for 13 years; recently divorced
Occupation: City clerk
Education: University of Manitoba

A true swing voter, but always votes for a populist when on ballot.


Age: 33
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Miami Dade
Current location: Rosetta GA
Ethnicity: Norwegian
Marital status: Married for 13 years; 1 child
Occupation: Lawyer
Education: University of Florida

[Thunderbird is the word]

Progressive Democrat, Bernie in primary and Hillary in general

Age: 25
Gender: Female
Current Location: Newton, MA
Ethnicity: Irish/Italian/Portuguese
Marital Status: Single
Education: College dropout
Religion: Lapsed Catholic (still occasionally attends church)
Occupation: Freelance Journalist (On the Autism spectrum. Although she's high functioning she receives disability benefits which she applied for so that she could fully devote herself to her writing. Currently lives with sister and brother-in-law and writes articles on Science policy for various websites.)

[Hassan 2022]

Center-left Democrat. Voted for Hillary in the 2016 Democratic primary and the general election

Age: 19
Gender: Male
Current location: Madawaska, ME/Fort Kent, ME (for university)
Hometown: Clair, NB
Ethnicity: Acadian
Marital/relationship status: Single
Education: High school, some college (University of Maine - Fort Kent)
Religion: Catholic, though only culturally
Occupation: Works part-time at the Paradis Shop 'n' Save in Fort Kent during the academic year and at the Inn of Acadia in Madawaska during the summer

[Dr. MB]

Leans Democrat but voted for Sanders and Trump.

Age: 58
Gender: Female
Current location: Phoenix, Arizona
Hometown: Ogden, Utah
Ethnicity: White
Marital/relationship status: Married (2nd marriage)
Education: Brigham Young University
Religion: Grew up Mormon, now Presbyterian
Occupation: Hotel manager

[Thunderbird is the word]

Registered Republican but moderate and independent minded, voted for McMullian.

Age: 50
Gender: Male
Current Location: Washington, DC
Hometown: Elmira, NY
Ethnicity: White (German/English/Irish/French-Canadian)
Relationship Status: In a relationship (divorced)
Education: BA in History at Georgetown University (briefly lived and did postgraduate work in Germany at Humbolt University)
Religion: Agnostic
Occupation: Adjunct Professor of German History at George Washington University/moonlights as Lyft Driver

Other: (Initially dropped out of high school, played in punk band. Later received GED. Enlisted in US Marines and served in first gulf war before going to college on the GI Bill. Speaks fluent German and French.)