NamePolitics

Herb

sits right of most names

liberaltypical nameconservative
Score
+0.05
More liberal than
22% of names
Measured from
2,270 contributors
more liberalevery scored namemore conservative

That ranking compares Herb 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.

Herb versus Herbert

People who go by Herb rather than Herbert sit 0.02 to the right of the full name. It is the same name. The difference is what people choose to be called.

Herb
liberalconservative
Herbert
liberalconservative

How does Herb 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, nationwide1,184 people
48% Democratic52% Republican

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

Another set of donor records points the same way. Among donors to 527 organisations, Herb is 70% Democratic where that pool averages 71%, across 164 people.

Related spellings

Where Herb leans differently

StateDemocratic share of donorsAgainst that state’s own donors
CA61%−0.18
FL27%−0.49
TX29%−0.40
NY71%−0.00
OH41%−0.23
WA53%−0.49
PA56%+0.05
NJ73%+0.58

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

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