NamePolitics

Art

sits right of most names

liberaltypical nameconservative
Score
+0.06
More liberal than
22% of names
Measured from
3,780 contributors
more liberalevery scored namemore conservative

That ranking compares Art with other names. The typical name scores −0.22, because people who donate to campaigns lean left as a group, so a name can sit left of zero and still be middle of the pack. The party splits below use a different yardstick again: each one is measured against an even fifty-fifty.

DIME contributor ideal points, 1979-2014. Negative is liberal, positive conservative.

Art versus Arthur

People who go by Art rather than Arthur sit 0.07 to the right of the full name. It is the same name. The difference is what people choose to be called.

Art
liberalconservative
Arthur
liberalconservative

How does Art compare with someone else's name?

Party, by population

Different groups of people, measured in different ways. They do not always agree, and the disagreement is usually the interesting part.

Campaign donors, nationwide2,212 people
47% Democratic53% Republican

Federal contributions, 2016 to 2026. Donors skew older and wealthier than the country.

Other donor records point the same way. Among donors to 527 organisations, Art is 66% Democratic where that pool averages 71%, across 201 people. Among Washington state and local donors, Art is 44% Democratic where that pool averages 55%, across 144 people.

Related spellings

Where Art leans differently

StateDemocratic share of donorsAgainst that state’s own donors
CA53%−0.49
TX39%+0.06
FL30%−0.35
PA50%−0.18
GA22%−0.87
AZ44%−0.01
NY69%−0.10
IL46%−0.62

The right column compares Art with other donors in the same state, so it is not just telling you which states are Democratic.

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