All about yourself!

[New_Conservative]

Age: 17

Sex: Male

Gender: Male

Sexual orientation: Straight

Race: White

Ethnicity: Portuguese

Religion: Agnostic

Language(s): English

Location: Swansea, Mass.

Place you were born: Providence, RI

Occupation: High School student

Political figures you most admire: Ronald Reagan, George Washington, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair, Abe Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Rob Portman

Favorite president: Ronald Reagan

Political orientation: "Center-right"

Favorite book(s): "Things that matter"

Favorite TV show(s): I don't watch much TV outside of sports.

Favorite movies: The Campaign, Saving Private Ryan

Other interests not involving politics: Hockey, Football, Baseball, Economics, and History

Favorite color: Red

Favorite Sports Team: Boston Bruins, New England Patriots, Boston Red Sox, Boston University men's Ice Hockey.

Do you live by yourself? No.

Do you have any siblings? One younger sister.

Do you have any nieces, nephews?  Nope.

Have you ever been attracted to someone of the same sex? No

Relationship status: Single

What year did you join Atlas? 2014

If you could pick your own nationality, which would you pick? American

[anvi]

Doing this again just because it's been a while, but answering a new framework of questions this time...what the hell...

Age:  44

Gender: Male

Race/ethnicity: Caucasian, mostly German (maybe German Jewish, but not confirmed) background,
                                       with some Russian and Hungarian thrown in

Religion: atheist, I guess, but I admire different aspects of a number of religious traditions.

Languages: English, German (reading and fairly good oral), Sanskrit (reading),
                  Chinese (good classical reading competence, intermediate modern reading/oral)
                  Japanese (elementary reading and oral)

Occupation: university professor

Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia till next August, then back to normal residence in Carbondale, Illinois

Where were you born?  Dickinson, North Dakota

Political figures you most admire: I don't admire any contemporary political figures anymore

Favorite President:  Lincoln, with honorable mentions to TR and FDR

Political Orientation: Independent, center-left leaning on many policy issues, but with an
                              admittedly weird mixture of both communitarian and liberal stances on
                              different social issues

Favorite music:  70's folk, some classical, jazz and some religious hymns/chants

Favorite book: I still like Robert Hass' Twentieth Century Pleasures: Essays on Prose and Poetry
                      a lot, but the Dao De Jing is slowly inching upward on a more consistent basis.

Favorite shows: Cosmos, Carl Sagan (1980),
                       The Living Planet, David Attenborough (1984)
                       Cheers, first three seasons
                       The Civil War, Ken Burns

Favorite movies: Good Will Hunting (1995)

Other interests besides politics: Indian and Chinese philosophical traditions, chess, guitar,
                                              science, travel, beer (*politics is no longer an interest of mine)

Favorite color: darker shades of blue

Do you live by yourself? Not at the moment, living with my significant other,
                                    but in Illinois, I live alone.

Do you have any siblings? Six older brothers

Relationship status: in a relationship

What year did you join Atlas? 2008

Do you have any nieces or nephews? 4 nieces, 4 nephews

Have you ever been attracted to a person of the same sex?  Not sexually, but in other ways, yes.

If you could pick your own nationality, which one would you pick?: German, I guess;
                                                        I sometimes think of myself as an "adopted Chinese" person,
                                                        given that I was previously married to a Chinese woman,
                                                        had a Chinese step-daughter, my current partner is from China
                                                        and I go there often--but I'd probably never reside there.

[Emperor Charles V]

It's been a while since I did this last so I figure I'll update this...

Age: 20

Sex: Male

Gender: Male

Sexual orientation: Straight

Race: White Hispanic

Ethnicity: 1/2 Spanish, 1/4 Italian, 1/4 Anglo-Saxon

Religion: Roman Catholic

Language(s): English and Spanish

Location: West Islip, Long Island, NY

Place you were born: Annapolis, MD

Occupation: College student but looking for a part-time job

Political figures you most admire: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and all of the other founding fathers, and also Calvin Coolidge, Milton Friedman, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, Ayn Rand and of course Ron and Rand Paul

Favorite president: George Washington

Political orientation: right libertarian / fiscal conservative

Favorite book(s): Michael Vey Series by Richard Paul Evans, The Symposium and of course Atlas Shrugged

Favorite TV show(s): House of Cards, The Amazing Race, American Ninja Warrior, The Voice, MasterChef, Game of Thrones

Favorite movies: I have way too many to list

Other interests not involving politics: Football (American), Ultimate Frisbee, Music, History, sitting on my ass and watching TV, eating, sleeping, and of course spending time with my family/girlfriend/friends/pets!

Favorite color: umm, blue? That at least was my favorite color when I was a kid. I never really give this much thought now

Favorite Sports Team: NEW YORK GIANTS!!!!!!

Do you live by yourself? No

Do you have any siblings? 2 sisters, 1 brother, I am second of four

Do you have any nieces, nephews?  Not yet

Have you ever been attracted to someone of the same sex? Not really

Relationship status: In a relationship

What year did you join Atlas? 2013

If you could pick your own nationality, which would you pick? Sorry mom's side of the family but I would like to be 100% Spanish!

[TJ in Oregon]

It's been a while since I've filled one of these out. Still fairly little has changed.

Age: 25
Gender: Male
Race/ethnic compostion: White (1/2 German, 1/4 Hungarian, 1/8 Irish, 1/16 Luxembourgian, 1/6 English
Religion: Catholic
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 145 lbs
Location: Madison, WI
Place I spent most of my forum life: Cleveland, OH
Occupation: Grad Student
Person I most admire: I'll go with Pope Francis even though he never stops catching me off-guard, which is probably part of his goal
Political orientation: social conservative/fiscal center-right
Favorite Band: I'll go with a throwback and pick Reliant K
Favorite President: I was obsessed with William Henry Harrison when I was a kid for some reason; no favorite now
Favorite U.S. Politician: John Boehner
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Games: Trick Question. I'm a Grad Student; I don't have time for games.
Favorite Foods: Cheese, PB&J, Raisins, Soup, processed meat of questionable quality
Favorite Drinks: Water almost exclusively
Favorite Sports team: Cleveland Browns
Your other interests: Catholicism/Religion, Distance Running, Chemistry/Thermo/Energy, Hiking, Swimming, Watching Football

[I'm a John Fetterman (or Malcolm Kenyatta) Democrat]

Wait...TJ's 25? Weren't you 19 like 2 years ago?

[TJ in Oregon]

Wait...TJ's 25? Weren't you 19 like 2 years ago?

No I was 23 years ago

[Flake]

Wait...TJ's 25? Weren't you 19 like 2 years ago?

No I was 23 years ago

So now you're 48?

[TJ in Oregon]

Wait...TJ's 25? Weren't you 19 like 2 years ago?

No I was 23 years ago

So now you're 48?

Whoops...

I was 23 two years ago

[AndrewTX]

Been a few years, might as well go again

Age: 31
Gender: Male
Race/ethnic compostion: Honkey
Religion: Bob Saget
Height: 6 foot
Weight: 236 (eat it Bushie)
Location: Houston, TX
Where you were born: Norwalk, CT
Occupation: Sales
Person you most admire: Your dad
Favorite Band: Dropkick Murphys
Favorite President: George W. Bush
Favorite Sports team: NY Giants
Your other interests: I enjoy jetpack racing, human boxing, staring at eclipes wile screaming at it, playing video pong, and dragging people around my living room floor with a large magnet.

[retromike22]

Age: 29 (ugh)

Sex: Male

Height: 5'10"

Weight: 155 lbs.

Sexual orientation: Gay

Ethnicity: Hispanic

Religion: Agnostic (I don't know, and neither do you. So why worry?)

Language(s): English

Location: West Covina, CA

Place you were born: Monterey Park

Occupation: Unemployed grad student. I'm currently midway through a Master's in Public Administration. I used to be a Congressional Intern, which was very fun, and before that I did campaign work, which was not that fun. In between I wrote and directed that damn movie "The Ham Clock." It's available on YouTube if you care to see what happens if you have a B.A. in political science and you're unemployed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43GrfR8JQ3k

Political figures you most admire: FDR, LBJ, the Clintons, Lee Kuan Yew, Clement Attlee

Favorite president: FDR

Political orientation: Social democrat with several social conservative bits, with a touch of statism sprinkled about.

Favorite Food: Thai, Greek, Middle eastern, Japanese, Chinese, almost all seafood, (Basically, the more unique the flavor, the more I like it. I strongly dislike the following foods: hot dogs, ice cream, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and macaroni and cheese.

Favorite book(s) I tend to favor books about history or anthropology. Lots of biographies. "The Years of Lyndon Johnson" by Caro is intense. I like books by Jared Diamond as well.

Favorite TV show(s) Regular Show, Adventure Time, The Knick, Please Like Me, The Wonder Pets, The Octonauts.

Favorite movies: (in no particular order) Gravity, Lawrence of Arabia, the Star Wars saga, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Gone with the Wind, The Godfather (I and II), Sunset Blvd, The Hours, Far From Heaven, A Streetcar Named Desire, All About Eve, Vertigo, North by Northwest, The Birds, Psycho, American Psycho, Airplane!

Other interests not involving politics: Baseball, Geography, Hiking, Traveling, Schadenfreude

Favorite color: Blue

Favorite Sports Team: Dodgers!

Favorite Musical Acts: San Cisco, Jake Bugg, Bastille, most indie rock. 80s music and classical as well. And... film music.

Favorite Game(s) I've never owned a video game system. I prefer board games like the Game of Life, Scrabble, Pictionary, and Scattergories.
 
Do you live by yourself? No but I should.

Do you have any siblings? 3 older sisters, 1 younger sister. But all have moved out a while back.

Do you have any nieces, nephews?  5 NIECES, 4 NEPHEWS, and 1 Great niece. (Yes, my sister is a grandma). I've babysat kids far too much in my life, and I never want to have any. Kids remind me a lot of tumors, in that they use up time, money, and energy, but they also have your DNA and grow. But they do make good servants and are quite effective in working as a team to accomplish something I couldn't do myself. (cleaning a house, supporting actors in my movie, etc.)

Have you ever been attracted to someone of the same sex? Yes, and often.

Relationship status: Single PM me!

What year did you join Atlas? 2009, but I lurked from 2004.

If you could pick your own nationality, which would you pick? Australian.

[Princess Nyan Cat]

Everything you wanted to know about Nyan Cat (but were afraid to ask).

Age: 28

Sex: Female

Height: 5'2"

Weight: 90 lb

Sexual orientation: Straight

Ethnicity: Mixture of English, Irish, German, Italian, and Polish

Religion: Catholic

Language(s) English and un poco de Espanol

Location: Bakersfield, CA

Place you were born: near Chicago, IL and spent formative years in the Florida panhandle

Occupation: Physicist

Political figures you most admire: Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, George Washington, Dwight Eisenhower, Margaret Thatcher, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Clay

Favorite president: Ronald Reagan

Political orientation: Conservative

Favorite food: Anything made from potatoes

Favorite reading: Mysteries, history, historical fiction, science fiction

Favorite TV show(s) Anything Star Trek. Also Babylon 5, The Simpsons, and game shows.

Favorite movies: Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Ten Commandments, The Music Man, Psycho, It's a Wonderful Life, The Sound of Music, Patton, Airplane!

Other interests not involving politics: Gardening, reading, travel, photography, animals (especially cats)

Favorite color: Pink

Favorite Sports Team: Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, U of Florida

Favorite Music: I like most anything but mostly listen to country, classical, oldies, and pop

Favorite Game(s) Whatever my siblings would play with me!
 
Do you live by yourself? No

Do you have any siblings? Brother and 2 sisters

Do you have any nieces, nephews? A nephew and more on the way...

Have you ever been attracted to someone of the same sex? No

Relationship status: Married

What year did you join Atlas? 2014

If you could pick your own nationality, which would you pick? I am happy being American

[ROIDRAGER#BB]

Age:23
Gender:Alpha Male
Race/ethnic compostion:Italian
Religion:Christian
Height:Maxed out BUFF AS HELL
Weight:
Location:NY ING CITY
Where you were born:NYC
Occupation:BODY BUILDER, WEIGHT LIFTER, PERFECT ALPHA MALE
Person you most admire:MYSELF
Favorite Band:NONE THEIR AALL WEAK
Favorite President:NONE
Favorite Sports team:THE ING METS
Your other interests:BODY BUILDING, BANGING HOT CHICKS, FLOPPING OUT, BEING BUFF, BEING RIPPED AS HELL/THE ALPHA MALE

[Oak Hills]

Age: 19

Sex/Gender: Cisgender Male

Height: 6'3"

Weight: c. 180 lb

Sexual orientation: Straight

Race: White

Ethnicity: Primarily English, but also Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, German, Seminole, and whatever else none of the genealogists in my family haven't managed to find yet...

Religion: Atheist

Mother Tongue: English

Other Languages Studied: I have made abortive attempts to learn German, Latin, Russian, and Esperanto throughout my childhood.  The only serious attempt to learn a foreign language I've made was the four years of German in I took in high school, but I'm not anywhere close to being fluent. 

Current Location: Oak Ridge, TN

Birthplace: Wakefield, RI, but only because Jamestown, RI, where my parents lived at the time, isn't large enough to have its own hospital.  My mother was born and raised in Independence, MO, and my father in Baytown, TX.

Occupation: Lazy bum.  I graduated from high school in May, and haven't really done anything since.  However, I intend to seriously seek a job after the holidays, and possibly begin college in the fall.

Favorite Politicians (contemporary) Russ Feingold, Bernie Sanders, Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley, Raúl Grijalva, Mark Begich, Jon Tester, Elizabeth Warren, Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, Mark Udall, Keith Ellison

Favorite Politicians (historical) Robert LaFollette, Paul Wellstone, Wayne Morse, George McGovern, Frank Church, Walter Mondale, Clement Attlee, Kurt Schumacher

Favorite President: I suppose Lincoln is the least awful.

Political Orientation: I guess social democrat is the best description.

Favorite Foods: Corn chips, cornbread, french fries, cheeseburgers, sourdough bread, cheddar cheese, my dad's macaroni and cheese, turkey, oranges, spaghetti (with meatballs, meat sauce, or marinara - I don't really care.)

Favorite Books: Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power by Robert Caro (I haven't gotten around to reading the rest of it yet), Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II by Keith Lowe

Favorite TV Shows: The West Wing, Community, Lateline, The Daily Show, Northern Exposure, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Democracy Now!

Favorite Radio Shows: A Prairie Home Companion, On the Media, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, The Thistle and Shamrock, Wait, Wait…Don't Tell Me, any of the classical shows on my local public radio station

Favorite Movie: Das Boot

Other Interests: History of broadcasting, linguistics, listening to the radio, reading newspapers, news media criticism

Favorite Color: I don't really have one anymore.

Favorite Sports Teams: I don't really follow sports, but I have some loyalty to my high school's teams (the ORHS Wildcats and Lady Wildcats), the Boston Red Sox (because of where I was born), and the Kansas City Royals (because of my mother)

Favorite Music Genres: Classical (especially baroque, and anything that prominently features harpsichords, guitars, or flutes), '50's/60's oldies, bluegrass, folk

Favorite Game: If this is talking about video games, I like Civilization III, Civilization IV, SimCity 2000, and Oregon Trail, although I don't play much anymore.
 
Do you live by yourself? No, I live with my parents.

Sibling: One sister, who lives in Boston, MA and is trying to be a science writer.

Do you have any nieces, nephews? I do not.

Have you ever been attracted to someone of the same sex? No.

Relationship status: Single, never been on a date in my life, never kissed a girl, etc...

What year did you join Atlas? 2012, though I lurked from about 2010.

If you could pick your own nationality, which would you pick? Probably Swedish or Norwegian, although I'm quite happy being American because I like our diverse immigrant culture.

News Sources: The Oak Ridger (hometown newspaper), the AP (via the aforementioned paper), NPR/WUOT, Humphrey on the Hill (TN politics blog connected to the Knoxville News-Sentinel), Ballot Access News, this forum.

[Jose Canseco]

Hey, what's up guys?. New around these parts. Anyone interested in power lifting?.

[I'm a John Fetterman (or Malcolm Kenyatta) Democrat]

Hey, what's up guys?. New around these parts. Anyone interested in power lifting?.

hahaha hey again gausslaw

[Türkisblau]

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Race: White

Religion: Catholic

Height: 5'10"

Weight: 156 lbs

Born: Albuquerque, NM

Location: VA Beach, VA

Occupation: Student, Campaign Intern

Hair and eye color: Brown and Hazel

Siblings: 1 brother

Relationship Status: Single

Member of Atlas since: Nov. 23rd, 2014 and lurked starting August-ish

Sexual orientation: Gay

Favorite President: Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Political ideology: Econ. leftist, social moderate/conservative

Favorite Bands/Singers: Glenn Miller Orchestra, Billy Holiday, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Parov Stelar, Jack Johnson, Atmosphere, Brahms, Rusted Root, Gaelic Storm, and more... (I know I'm F'ing weird)

Favorite Musical Genre: Big band jazz

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: The West Wing, House of Cards, South Park, Black Mirror, The Office (U.S.), Downton Abbey, Star Wars original trilogy, 12 Angry Men, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and Spaceballs

Favorite Video games: Sims, Civilization 4 (Beyond Earth is a necessity), Elder Scrolls: Morrowind and Oblivion, and The Binding of Isaac

Other interests: U.S. and European History, swimming, debate, scholastic/quiz bowl, historical fiction and nonfiction literature, detective novels, and community service

[wifikitten]

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Race: White

Religion: Lutheran (Missouri Synod), hopefully someday Episcopalian.

Height: 5'11"

Weight: 130 lbs

Born: Perryville MO

Location: Same as above

Occupation: Student

Language: English, minimal Spanish, and a few random German words since my grandmother speaks German.

Hair and eye color: Brown and Brown

Siblings: A sister

Relationship Status: Single

Member of Atlas since: July 06, 2014

Sexual orientation: Gay

Favorite President: Obama or LBJ.

Political ideology: Left on everything.

If you could pick your own nationality, which would you pick? Somewhere in the EU so I could easily travel.

Favorite Bands/Singers: Icona Pop, Fall Out Boy, The 1975, 21 Pilots, Lil Debbie, Adore Delano, Charli XCX, Dami Im, Igloo Australia (Better known as Iggy Azalea), Nicki Minaj, Calvin Harris. Basically all over the place.

Favorite Musical Genre: Pop

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: House of Cards, Orange is The New Black, The Walking Dead, The Mindy Project, Madam Secretary, Rookie Blue, Bones, Criminal Minds, Blue Bloods, Buffy The Vampire Slayer,

Favorite Video games: Grand Theft Auto

Favorite Color: Lime green.

Other interests: History, reading (anything).

Person I most admire: The Pope, he knows how to get sh*t done.

Do you live by yourself? Parents, sister.

Do you have any nieces, nephews?: 15+

Relationship status: Single, never done even the most basic of things .

Favorite Foods: Organic stuff and skittles.

[traininthedistance]

scholastic/quiz bowl

Nice!  Quizbowl basically was my life back when I was in high school and college.

[Ban my account ffs!]

scholastic/quiz bowl

Nice!  Quizbowl basically was my life back when I was in high school and college.

Dork.

[traininthedistance]

scholastic/quiz bowl

Nice!  Quizbowl basically was my life back when I was in high school and college.

Dork.

I post on Atlas.  You think I have any illusions otherwise?

[Türkisblau]

scholastic/quiz bowl

Nice!  Quizbowl basically was my life back when I was in high school and college.

Sweet. I'm not in a good enough school to win any big awards or anything but am definitely looking forward to doing more of it in college. It is definitely the nerdiest/dorkiest thing I do.

[RR1997]

I'm going to give this a try.

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Race: Asian Indian

Religion: Hinduism

Height: Between 6'0" and 6'1"

Weight: 150 lbs

Born: Janesville, WI

Location: Illinois (feels to insecure to mention city on a public forum)

Occupation: Student

Hair and eye color: Black hair, brown eyes.

Siblings: 1 brother, 1 sister

Relationship Status: It's complicated

Member of Atlas since: Apr. 8th, 2014

Sexual orientation: Straight

Political ideology: Econ. center-right, socially left wing.

Personality: I'm really optimistic and positive. Negative people annoy me a bit, but I still get along with them. I get along fine with most people, and I'm typically well liked by everyone. My biggest downfalls are that I'm a bit insecure and/or egoistic, but I'm only egoistic/insecure on certain days. I'm neither of these most days. Most people consider me to be smart and even funny at times.

Languages: I'm only fluent in English (I know a lot of Telegu too though).

Favorite TV Shows/Movies:  The West Wing, House of Cards, South Park, Family Guy, American Dad, Parks and Recreation.

Favorite Video games: I'm not a gamer. I hate video games.

Favorite Sports: Tennis and swimming.

Other interests: History, geography, politics, finance, travelling the world, news/current events.

Do you live by yourself?: No

Have you ever been attracted to a person of the same-sex: Yes

Countries visited: See this: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=194301.0

[Oakvale]

"British RP"

[Cranberry]

Holiday boredness shall produce an up-date!

Age: 15 16 now
Gender: Male
Race/ethnic composition: Austrian ( is that a ethnicity?), German
Religion: officially Roman Catholic; in reality agnostic
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 107lbs (I'm creepy thin, I know) I'm now incredible 119lbs (still creepy, but on an upwards trend )
Location: Tirol, Austria
Where you were born: Tirol, Austria (same village I live now)
Occupation: Student
Person you most admire: Mum
Favorite President: Lincoln, Wilson or FDR Wilson? WTF did I think?
Favorite Sports team: Wacker Innsbruck (Soccer) Lol
Political Orientation: Green To make it more nuanced, something between Eco-Socialism and standard Soical-Democraticism
Favourite Band: Red Hot Chili Peppers Rise Against
Favourite Musical Genre: Rock
Favourite TV Show: Game of Thrones
Siblings: Just an older sister
Relationship Status: Single
Member of Atlas since: January 2014
Ever attracted to same sex: Yes
Other interests: History, Reading, Writing, Music I've developed quite an interest into lingusitcs and languages over the year

[Ban my account ffs!]

Cranberries and oranges go together well.