Rich
sits right of most names
- Score
- −0.04
- More liberal than
- 30% of names
- Measured from
- 4,147 contributors
That ranking compares Rich 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.
Rich versus Richard
People who go by Rich rather than Richard sit 0.12 to the left of the full name. It is the same name. The difference is what people choose to be called.
How does Rich 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.
Federal contributions, 2016 to 2026. Donors skew older and wealthier than the country.
Another set of donor records points the same way. Among Washington state and local donors, Rich is 40% Democratic where that pool averages 55%, across 284 people. Worth a flag: among donors to 527 organisations, Rich tilts the other way. It is 83% Democratic there, but that pool averages 71% overall, so Rich sits left of its centre while the federal records put it right of theirs.
Related spellings
Where Rich leans differently
| State | Democratic share of donors | Against that state’s own donors |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 60% | −0.21 |
| FL | 31% | −0.30 |
| NY | 61% | −0.47 |
| TX | 31% | −0.29 |
| IL | 44% | −0.71 |
| CO | 51% | −0.29 |
| WA | 58% | −0.29 |
| NJ | 44% | −0.61 |
The right column compares Rich with other donors in the same state, so it is not just telling you which states are Democratic.