Political leanings of first and last names

For The Washington Post, Andrew Van Dam and Lenny Bronner analyzed names and political leanings, using a voter file with 212 million registered voters. They break it down by age and geography. You can also search for your own name.

As with most trends related to political leanings, the patterns found in names run closely with demographic shifts, such as a name that grows more common among a race group and less common in another.