Describe the likely political views of the previous hypothetical person

[H. Ross Peron]

Based on an irl person. No prizes for guessing who it is.

Gender: Male
Race: Mixed (Asian and White)
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Location: Los Angeles, California (West Hills)
Hometown: London, UK
Age: 29
Religion: Agnostic
Relationship Status: Single
Education: BA in Political Science
Occupation: Unemployed, does odd jobs on occasion
Income: Less than $10,000 a year. His family makes about $150,000 a year
Interests: Politics, cars, fitness, fashion, dating, video games, fantasy fiction/movies.

Sounds like a real gentleman, I imagine he know how to rock a V-neck and a pair of Aviators. Can see him as a Trump-Hawkins voter.

/skip

You could say he's a supreme gentleman which is very evident in his writings and video talks.

Democratic, voted for Trump in 2016, still undecided now.

This is one of my exes.

Gender: Female
Race: White
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Location: Somewhere in the suburbs of the Twin Cities, MN
Hometown: Small town in Ohio
Age: 31
Religion: Devotedly Roman Catholic
Relationship status: Single
Education: M.A. in Art History, B.A. at a Catholic college
Occupation: History and Latin teacher at a traditionalist Catholic school
Interests: Art, history, Latin, guns, Catholic theology, also obsessed with everything Korean

I would guess she is a socially conservative Republican, though perhaps more moderate on certain issues such as the environment and immigration, unless she has strongly left-wing views on economics. I admit she is extremely close to what an "ideal" girl for me would be like in terms of interests and background...even down to the detail of being a Koreaphile, considering my ethnic background.

Not based on anyone in particular.

Gender: Male
Race: White (Irish, German, Czech ethnically)
Sexual orientation: Straight
Location: Bremerton Island, Washington
Hometown: St. Louis, MO
Age: 64
Religion: Agnostic, Culturally Catholic to a degree
Relationship Status: Divorced, currently casually dating a woman 45 years his junior
Education: BA in Aerospace Engineering
Occupation: Retired Boeing engineer, currently writes books and articles, does History Channel documentary appearances
Interests: Cryptozoology (especially Big Foot which is the focus of his writings and interests), Numismatics, Archaeology, Sci-Fi and Mystery Literature, Hiking, Pornography

[H. Ross Peron]

Obviously a Democrat. Probably voted for Bernie in the 2020 primaries.

Gender: Male
Age: 67
Sexual orientation: Straight
Race: White
Ancestry: English
Relationship status: Married
Hometown: Council Bluffs, IA
Location: Manhattan, KS
Religion: Methodist
Education: PhD
Occupation: Professor of English Literature, but is now a member of the senior leadership of Kansas State University and more involved in administrative matters than teaching.

Ancestral liberal Republican in his youth. While his first vote was for LBJ over Goldwater in 1964, he subsequently voted for Nixon twice, Ford, Anderson, and Reagan in '84 before switching over to the Democrats starting with Dukakis. Nowadays a centre-left Democrat on most issues, though he is antiwar and civil libertarian. Voted for Buttigieg in the primaries.

Gender: Female
Race: White (Scotch-Irish)
Age: 73
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Relationship Status: Twice married, has two children and three grandchildren
Location: Carlsbad, CA
Hometown: Booneville, AR
Religion: Southern Baptist
Education: High School Diploma, some vocational training
Job: Retired nurse, was a Playboy pin-up model briefly when younger
Interests: Mystery and romance novels, film, stamp collecting

[H. Ross Peron]

Probably a Biden supporter who would have wanted Bernie. Has no love for Trump

Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Age:  75
Relationship Status: Widower
Location: Oklahoma City
Religion: devout Pentecostal
Education: high school
Job: worked in fracking, now retired(was in Vietnam)
Interests: hunting, fishing, guns, the Bible, country music
Main social issues: the Confederate Flag, immigration, abortion

Obviously a very conservative right-winger. Tends to favour the Constitution Party in general, though he voted for Trump in 2016 and this year.

Gender: Male
Race: Asian (Korean)
Age: 33
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Relationship Status: Dating a woman (28 year old white elementary school teacher)
Location: La Palma, CA
Religion: Presbyterian (PCA)
Education: BS in Kinesiology
Job: Police Officer
Income: $47,000 a year
Interests: Theology, Video Games, Fitness, Military History, Finance

[H. Ross Peron]

Interests suggest Republican.
So... I guess voted Cruz in the 2016 primaries and Trump in both general elections. Thinks Democrats are PC-loving liberal destructivists.


Next hypothetical person:
Gender - Officially male, but questioning
Ethnicity - Italian and Japanese
Age - 26
Sexual orientation - Asexual; biromantic
Relationship status - Single
Location - Easton, PA
Hometown - Trenton, NJ
Religion - Episcopalian
Education - High school graduate
Occupation - Bookshop employee
Other - Interested in theology, some politics and very little else. Hates mainstream media. Drinks heavily.

A disaffected left-winger. Voted for Bernie in the primaries and Hawkins in the general. Rather well read in Marxist and left-wing theory.

Real person, based off of my elementary school teacher when I was in special ed class.

Gender: Female
Race: White (Italian and Irish mix)
Age: 39
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Married
Location: Bayport, New York
Hometown: Queens, New York
Religion: Lapsed Catholic
Education: BA in Education, Teacher's Credential
Occupation: Special Education Teacher
Income: $65,000/year
Interests: Romantic comedy films/novels, hiking, fitness, cooking, psychology
Other: Taught in Orange County (Fountain Valley), CA for over 10 years.

[H. Ross Peron]

Sounds like fairly firm Democrat.

Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Indian-American
Age: 22
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Single
Location: Tempe, AZ
Hometown: Blacksburg, VA
Religion: Evangelical Protestant
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Occupation: Unemployed (due to pandemic)
Interests: Classic rock, history, design
Other Notes: Strongly disapproves of drug and alcohol use.

Centre-right Republican. Doesn't really like Trump but will vote for him due to abortion and religious freedom issues.

Gender: Male
Race: White (English)
Age: 43
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Divorced
Location/Hometown: Providence, RI
Religion: Atheist
Education: High School Dropout
Occupation: Writer, does editing/revision work
Income: $15,000/year
Interests: Ancient history, local (New England) history, antiques, horror/science fiction literature, travelling, architecture, poetry, cats

Pretty obvious who this is...

[H. Ross Peron]

This guy is an enigma, I could easily see him being anywhere from a libertarian to a socialist to an anarchist. High school drop out and atheist are really throwing me for a loop since they tend to correlate away from each other.

Not necessarily-people with extremely low levels of income and education aren't necessarily the most religiously devout people who are often more middle class.

Sounds like a pretty firm Dem voter, very possibly a DSA type. Likely a Bernie supporter.

Mung Beans's is H.P. Lovecraft no?

I picked Lovecraft because he wrote a surprising amount on politics in his letters. While he is infamous for his racism nowadays, he actually moved to the left late in his life in response to the Depression and became an enthusiastic supporter of FDR as well as a non-Marxist socialist with certain authoritarian tendencies. Lovecraft would have been an interesting member of this forum to say the least.

Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 26
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Dating
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Hometown: Camden, NC
Religion: Agnostic
Occupation: Local Government worker
Income: $30,000/year
Interests: Writing/literature, Hunting, Travel

Bernie supporter


Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 50
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Dating, never married
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Location: Pensacola, FL
Hometown: Mobile, AL
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Real estate agent
Interests: College football, Netflix shows

Republican and strong Trump supporter, whom he idolizes. Conservative on economic issues and strongly nationalist, being very anti-immigration and pro-police. Somewhat less concerned about conventional "Culture War" issues like abortion and gay marriage.

Gender: Male
Race: Black
Age: 55
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Relationship Status: Married, Two Children
Education: High School Graduate
Location/Hometown: Mingo County, West Virginia
Religion: Baptist (American Baptist Convention)
Occupation: Retail worker, former coal miner
Interests: Guns, hunting, football, boxing

[H. Ross Peron]

Here's an interesting one:

Gender: Female
Age: 44
Race: White
Relationship status: Divorced
Hometown: Columbia, SC
Current Location: New York, NY
Religion: Christian (Protestant)
Education: Bachelor's degree
Occupation: News reporter

Liberal Democrat, supported Warren or Harris unless she works for a conservative media outlet like Fox News.

Gender: Female
Age: 29
Race: White (Belarusian)
Relationship Status: Single
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Religion: Eastern Orthodox
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Occupation: Podcaster, occasional Actress
Income: $30,000 a year
Interests: Lolita fashion, cosplaying, political theory, film

Guess who.

[H. Ross Peron]

Sounds like a pretty firm Dem voter, very possibly a DSA type. Likely a Bernie supporter.

Mung Beans's is H.P. Lovecraft no?

Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 26
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Dating
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Hometown: Camden, NC
Religion: Agnostic
Occupation: Local Government worker
Income: $30,000/year
Interests: Writing/literature, Hunting, Travel

Btw, I'm curious what some of your previous literary ones are.

SKIP

[H. Ross Peron]

Solid liberal who supported Bernie in 2016 and Warren in 2020 but came around fairly easily in both cases.

Gender: Male
Age: 37
Race/Ethnicity: White (Irish)
Occupation: Journalist/Private Investigator
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Single
Education Status: BA in Literature, went into journalism initially to pay the bills/pay off student debt and when that didn't pan out briefly became a Cop but grew to hate the culture of the police department and resigned. Still writes freelance articles for trade publications for extra income.
Hometown/Current Location: Woodlawn, Bronx New York (Was born in Dublin, Ireland brought to the US illegally when he was young but parents managed to obtain citizenship quickly.)
Interests: Mythology, Detective Novels, Horror Fiction, Punk Rock, Midevil Folk Music, History, Classic Cinema, Baseball, Soccer
Religion: Lapsed Catholic with an interest in Celtic Paganism and mythology

Liberal overall and very critical of police brutality but doesn't have much time for political correctness.

Gender: Male
Age: 75
Race: White (Dutch)
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Occupation: Retired Science Teacher, was in the US Army during the Vietnam War (combat infantry, killed four VC in '69)
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Relationship Status: Married with Three Children
Religion: Dutch Reformed
Education: BS in Chemistry, Teaching Credential
Interests: Cinema, Military History, Astronomy, Ham Radio, Airplane Modelling, Detective/Sci-Fi Novels, Hiking

[H. Ross Peron]

Mostly apolitical, but identifies with the Catholic left. Voted for Sanders in the Primary, and will vote for Biden in the general.

Gender-Male
Race- White
Age- 82
Ancestry- Mother is English Jewish with deep roots in New York, and father was the son of Austrian Jewish immigrants
Hometown- Upper West Side Manhattan
Location- Concord, Mass
Sexual Orientation- Heterosexual, married with four children
Religion- Grew up in a Secular Jewish home, has been observant at times (not so much now)
Education- City College, US Naval War College, PhD in Nuclear Science and Engineering from MIT
Occupation- Served in the Navy, then worked for the Atomic Energy Commission, and finally for the Department of Defense
Hobbies and Interests- avid painter of landscapes, active with several Jewish community organizations in Massachusetts, and enjoys fly fishing

Classic liberal Democrat turned neoconservative, rather reminiscent of Henry Kissinger's career. Family were New Deal liberals, possibly even had Socialist sympathies and he himself voted for Kennedy, LBJ, and Humphrey. First voted for Nixon in 1972 due to his dislike of McGovern's antiwar stances and scepticism of the New Left though he returned to back the Democrats under Carter (being an organizer for Scoop Jackson's primary campaign) in 1976. However, Carter's feckless foreign policy permanently soured him on the Democrats and after backing Anderson in 1980, voted for Reagan in 1984 due to his muscular anti-communist stances. Subsequently support Bush Sr. both times, only voting for Clinton in 1996, and then Bush Jr, McCain, and Romney. Was very sceptical of Donald Trump but ended up reluctantly voting for him out of dislike for Hillary. Is voting Biden this year due to Covid and him seeing Trump as overly soft on North Korea.

Based off of a dating app profile I saw.

Gender-Female
Race-White (English, Dutch, German)
Age-31
Location-Burbank, California
Hometown-Royal Oak, Michigan
Sexual Orientation-Straight
Relationship Status-Single
Occupation-Teleprompter Operator
Income-40,000 dollars a year
Religion-Evangelical Christian, attends non-Denominational church
Education-BA in History at Hillsdale College
Hobbies/Interests-Classic film, History, Baking, Archery, Knitting, Writing

[H. Ross Peron]

Fairly normie millennial left-winger, my guess is she voted for Sanders in the primary. That being said, if she wasn't presumably a unionized worker in the entertainment industry, I could see her being a conservative in another part of the country.

Yep, those combination of traits made her an interesting person to ask about since Hillsdale is known for its very conservative reputation (though its not actually a religious college) and she mentioned her religious beliefs/dislike for hook ups but also is a unionized employee as you mentioned. No idea about her actual views, however.

SKIP 

[H. Ross Peron]

Technocratic Democrat but with a #populist legacy. Last voted for a Republican presidential nominee in 1984 or maybe in 1988. Joe Biden in the 2020 primaries.

Next hypothetical person:
Gender - Female
Race - Biracial (Black/White)
Age - 37
Hometown - Terre Haute, IN
Current location - Billings, MT
Sexual orientation - Asexual but doesn't identify as such
Religion - Methodist
Education - High school graduate
Occupation - High school office secretary
Income - 60,000$ a year
Most salient political issues - Education, infrastructure, illegal immigration
Other - Believes in Moon landing conspiracy theories; hates 'elitism' and refined language

Dang, that's a good salary, makes me think she is unionized. That said, I think based on her personal characteristics she's probably not especially engaged with traditional politics but rather with the fringe zone of left-leaning conspiracy theory.

Gender: Female
Race/Ethnicity: White (German-English-Scottish)
Age: 83
Hometown: Culpeper, VA
Current Location: Hilton Head, SC
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Religion: Unitarian Universalist
Education: PhD in Nutrition
Occupation: Retired college professor, retired counselor
Income: $112,000 a year before retirement
Most salient political issues: LGBTQ Rights, Racial Justice
Other: Has many artistic interests, enjoys travel

Very liberal Southerner who is a lifelong Democrat. Involved in civil rights activism when younger and has consistently voted Democratic at a national level. Probably voted for Biden in the primaries given her age and sense of solidarity with black voters.

Gender: Male
Race: Latino (Mexican)
Age: 26
Location/Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Has LDR with a girl in Seattle who shares his interests
Religion: Southern Baptist but attends church irregularly
Education: AA from Community College
Occupation: Retail worker at Target
Income: $29,000 per year
Interests: Military History, Weapons such as tanks and aircraft, Wargaming, Science Fiction, Cosplay and Military Reenacting (prefers to reenact as a German Wehrmacht soldier), Soccer, Video Games (favourite games are Paradox strategy games and Halo)

[H. Ross Peron]

Gender:  Female
Race:  White
Age:  45
Location:  Cumming, GA (Forsyth County)
Sexual orientation:  Straight
Relationship status:  Married for 22 years; 2 kids (aged 17 and 12)
Religion:  Mainline Protestant (Presbyterian)
Education:  BS in Marketing from UGA
Occupation:  Has a small wedding/event planning business.  It's been hit really hard by COVID-19, but since she's a sole proprietor and has almost zero capital costs she's been able to effectively dial back her costs is just waiting for things to pick up again
Income:  $214,000 in household income; her husband is an engineering consultant
Other:  Considers herself pretty apolitical; doesn't like Trump but held her nose and voted for him in 2016 (after much prodding from her husband)

Exactly the kind of person who may be flipping Georgia in a week's time. Realignment!

Next person:
Gender: Male
Age: 72
Race: White
Hometown: Omaha, NE
Current location: Bedford, VA
Relationship status: Married, with stepchildren but no children of his own
Religion: Protestant (nondenominational)
Education: High school
Occupation: Retired from the Navy

Generic lifelong Republican, supporting Trump albeit not too enthusiastically.

Gonna bring back an old one:

Race: Asian (Korean)
Gender: Female
Age: 22 29
Religion: Evangelical (Presbyterian)
Occupation: In Medical school, works part-time in a bank Pharmacist at a hospital
Education: BS in Biology, Graduate school for Pharmacy
Income: $25,000 a year $50,000 a year
Marital Status: Single (however is pursued by annoying but admiring lad six years her junior back in Southern California)
Location: New York, NY Los Angeles, California
Hometown: Cypress, California
Interests: Theology, hiking, television (esp. Korean dramas), literature, food

[H. Ross Peron]

Lifelong Republican who often votes for Democrats in congressional and gubernatorial races. At the presidential level voted for the GOP nominee in every election in which he was eligible except 1964 (Voted for Johnson) and 2016 (Didn't vote as he distrusted both Hillary and Trump) and is planning to vote for Biden in 2020. Is a fan of the Lincoln Project and holds out hope that the GOP is reformable post-Trump.

Age: 80
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White (German/English)
Religion: Methodist
Marital Status: On his third marriage, Widowed/Divorced
Current Location: Chesterfield, Missouri
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
Education: Law Degree, Graduate of US Air Force Academy
Occupation: Retired Attorney, initially served as JAG while in Air Force then after attaining his 20 year pension took job as head of legal counsel for Amheiser-Busch. Has also served as technical consultant on various movies and TV shows
Hobbies: History documentaries, stand-up comedy, playing guitar, growing and smoking his own marijuana. Owns several guns and goes target shooting but is a vegetarian who dislikes hunting.

Other: Several family members were German-American bundists which he discovered in childhood shortly after WWII. This has led to a lifelong feeling of shame at his heritage and intense hatred of all things German which he's never been able to shake accompanied by a fierce patriotism.

Ardent Republican, with right-wing views on economics, foreign policy, and even most social issues. Mildly libertarian on the War on Drugs and favours reform on criminal justice issues but still voting for Trump. Makes up for his ancestral guilt by strongly supporting Israel and praises Trump for defying Merkel while advancing Israeli interests in US foreign policy.

Age: 42
Gender: Male
Race: White (English/Scottish/German)
Religion: Roman Catholic
Sexual Orientation: Homosexual
Marital Status: Has a live-in partner
Current Location/Hometown: Huntington Beach, California
Education: BA in History, Teacher's Credential
Occupation: European/World History Teacher, Football Coach
Income: $95,000/year
Hobbies: Movies, Football, Mystery Novels, Fitness, Yachting

[H. Ross Peron]

Idk enough about Italian politics to comment on who’d he vote for there, but in the US, a trad-ish social democrat who reluctantly votes for Democrats most elections.

Gender - Male
Age - 32
Race - White
Hometown - Lake County, OR
Current location - Los Angeles
Religion - Atheist
Education- BA in Sociology, MFA
Marital status - Married, no kids
Occupation - Unemployed. Formerly worked on the creative side of PR, dream job is making films promoting America for the DoD
Hobbies and interests - Sculpture, reading and writing poetry, reading philosophy
Other - served a tour in Iraq before going to college

Voted for McCain but nowadays a liberal hawk, especially thanks to Trump. Moderate on economic issues but strongly critical of Trump due to his statements on the military.

Race: Mixed (half-white, half-Vietnamese)
Age: 15 22
Religion: Catholic Christian (attends Christian Reformed Church services occasionally, but not extremely devout)
Education: BA in Business Economics
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Occupation: High School student, online businessman Associate at investment banking firm.
Income: $55,000/year $120,000/year
Marital Status: Single
Location: Manhattan, New York
Hometown: Fountain Valley, CA
Interests: Politics, Finance, Golf, Fitness, Economics, "Foodie", Mainstream Pop Culture

[H. Ross Peron]

Race: Mixed (half-white, half-Vietnamese)
Age: 15 22
Religion: Catholic Christian (attends Christian Reformed Church services occasionally, but not extremely devout)
Education: BA in Business Economics
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Occupation: High School student, online businessman Associate at investment banking firm.
Income: $55,000/year $120,000/year
Marital Status: Single
Location: Manhattan, New York
Hometown: Fountain Valley, CA
Interests: Politics, Finance, Golf, Fitness, Economics, "Foodie", Mainstream Pop Culture

An economic conservative and social moderate who strongly dislikes Trump's personality and demeanor. Probably voting third-party in 2020.

This is a real person as well and was an outspoken conservative Republican with a penchant for politically incorrect humour who enthusiastically supported Trump in 2016 til last year. He's veered to the left the past year, backing Warren in the primaries and voted for Biden according to my conversation with him today.

SKIP

[H. Ross Peron]

Yours voted for Biden in 2020.

Gender: Female
Age: 29
Sexual orientation: Straight
Hometown: Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York
Residence: Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York
Ethnicity: Black
Education: Associate's Degree in Criminal Justice, Bachelor's Degree at John Jay Criminal Justice College
Relationship status: Single
Profession: New York Police Department Beat Officer (NYPD, Precinct in Brooklyn)
Religion: African Methodist E.
Interests: Weightlifting, working out, painting, going to Brooklyn Nets games

Strong Democrat. Not especially ideologically liberal though, a pragmatic voter (put differently: a Biden/Bloomberg primary voter rather than a Bernie/Warren voter).

Gender: Male
Age: 52
Sexual orientation: Straight
Hometown: Amarillo, TX
Residence: Amarillo, TX
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Education: Completed high school, no college education
Relationship status: Divorced
Profession: Construction
Religion: Catholic
Interests: Texas Tech football, cars, poker

Something of a swing voter. Comes from a Democratic voting family and supports a strong social safety net/is sceptical of foreign wars but also dislikes paying taxes as well as "wokeness". Voted for Dukakis, Clinton 2x, Gore, Bush, Obama 2x, and now Trump 2x. Was considering voting for Biden but was angered by restrictions on work due to Covid and riots/"defund the police" enough to vote Republican again this time around.

Gender: Male
Age: 64
Race: White (Polish, Italian)
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Residence: Henderson, Nevada
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Religion: Nominally lapsed Catholic, really nilhistic atheist
Relationship Status: Married, with two adult children (one in college). Previously married twice but no children in those marriages.
Profession: Locksmith
Education: High school diploma, vocational training
Income: $85,000/year
Interests: Weapons esp. guns, true crime, philosophy (especially nilhistic philosophy), cars, coin collecting
Other:
Served in the US Army from 1974 to 1979
Is an undiagnosed psychopath
Murdered five people (all strangers) in Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, and Germany (where he was stationed for two years) in the late 1970s and early 1980s out of amusement, all of which remain unsolved to this day

[H. Ross Peron]

John Dule style Republican. Voted for Joe.

Gender - Female
Age - ~35
Race - White (non-hispanic)
Sexual orientation - Heterosexual
Hometown - Coral Gables, FL
Residence - Mansfield, OH
Education - High school graduate
Occupation - Hotel Worker
Religion - Mainline

Moderately conservative but very low info, voted for Trump due to her job being affected by lockdowns and belief in QAnon conspiracy theories.

Gender: Male
Age: 77
Race: White (English)
Sexual Orientation: Homosexual
Residence/Hometown: Charleston, South Carolina
Religion: Episcopalian
Relationship Status: Single, regularly "hooks up" with various (considerably younger) gay men in the area
Profession: Novelist, artist
Education: BA/MA in English Literature (Dartmouth, Yale)
Income: $65,000/year
Interests: Literature, Philosophy, Military history (especially the Civil War), Fine Arts, Classical Music, Travelling
Other notes: Descended from a wealthy family of cotton planters and later mill owners
Active in the local Sons of Confederate Veterans organization

[H. Ross Peron]

If it weren't for the last line item, or if it were 5 years ago, I would have said Democrat--as it stands I think he's likely a Del Tachi style gay southern republican.

Gender: Female
Age: 21
Race/Ethnicity: White, Scots-Irish-Generic rural southern
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Hometown: Lansing, NC
Residence: Johnson City, TN
Education: High school, Bachelor's in Music in progress--plans on being a Music Teacher
Occupation: Student with a work study, part-time crafter on Etsy
Religion: Raised Southern Baptist, now attends a non-denominational church
Income: <10,000$ a year
Other Notes: From a poor rural family with very deep roots in NW North Carolina.
Interests: Choral music, languages, literature, embroidery, animals and nature

I think you are right. Was sort of trying to create a modern-day version of a Southern Gothic/Southern Agrarian writer who also happened to be gay.

I've run into a few people of this type you mention (artistically inclined and from Evangelical, rural/small town Southern background) online. Based on that, I would say she is a conservative Republican albeit not as "hard edged" on race/immigration issues but still very pro-life, protective of "religious freedom", and so forth. Would not be a fan of Trump's style or character but gets a lot of her political news and information from sources like Prager U or Ben Shapiro. If she moved to a bigger metro area for school, especially to a blue state metro and/or attended church less frequently, I would have a different answer.

Reusing this one:

Gender: Male
Race: Latino (Mexican)
Age: 26
Location/Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Has LDR with a girl in Seattle who shares his interests
Religion: Southern Baptist but attends church irregularly
Education: AA from Community College
Occupation: Retail worker at Target
Income: $29,000 per year
Interests: Military History, Weapons such as tanks and aircraft, Wargaming, Science Fiction, Cosplay and Military Reenacting (prefers to reenact as a German Wehrmacht soldier), Soccer, Video Games (favourite games are Paradox strategy games and Halo)

[H. Ross Peron]

A safe D voter

Gender: Female
Age: 20s
Race/Ethnicity: While/Anglo
Hometown: San Francisco, California
Current Residence: New York City, New York
Sexual orientation: Bisexual
Relationship status: Single
Education: College, Law School in Harvard
Occupation: Law Student
Other: A socialist on the internet, a video game enthusiast, a writer.

Very left-wing and an enthusiastic Bernie Sanders supporter. Probably involved in her local DSA organization.

Please pay attention to location for this one.

Gender: Female
Age: 27
Race/Ethnicity: White (German)
Hometown/Residence: Kiel, Germany
Sexual Orientation: Lesbian
Relationship Status: Single (Celibate)
Religion: Lutheran
Education: Graduate Degree in Japanese Literature
Occupation: Japanese teacher, translator
Income: 35,000 euros/year
Interests: Poetry, Literature, Manga/Anime, History (esp ancient Greece/Rome), Philosophy, Theology
Other: Dresses "traditionally" (almost always wears skirts for instance)
Grandfather was a decorated U-Boat Commander in World War II
Other grandfather was deported to a concentration camp by the Third Reich for being a Social Democrat subversive but he survived

[H. Ross Peron]

Diese sittsam Jungfrau Die Linke/Die Grünen Wählerin ist!
A.k.a. hard left on every issue that is not about life ethics or sexual morality, where she is a trad. I don't know if "Lutheran left" is a thing in the same way "Catholic left" is a thing, but that.
Man, we badly need such a woman on this forum.

I find the "Japan lover" aspect of it oddly fitting and I am not sure why.

Yeah I would love a poster like her on this forum. To be fair, I don't think she'd be a Green voter though given the culturally left and urban liberal orientation of the party-I would think she'd either be on the SPD Left or Dis Linke.

It's interesting how Catholic intellectuals often are Japanophiles.

Gender: Female
Age: 37
Race/Ethnicity: Cuban American
Hometown/Residence: Hilaleah, Florida
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Married, four kids
Religion: Catholic
Education: Teacher's degree
Occupation: art class teacher
Income: $45,000
Interests: History, Music, mobile games; participates in government and election sims on the internet
Other: Is devoutly religious and attends Mass always
Has moderate hero stances on Cuba, seeing Castro's tenure as a net bad overall on grounds of there not being a democracy, but hates Batista with passion for failing to raise living conditions on the island in the 50s.
Is a massive history nerd
Likes collecting flags of nations that no longer exist, regardless of their ideology
Watches Alex Otaola even though she doesn't agree with his politics all that much
Is a frequent poster on Reddit, where she is a mod at r/music

Fairly liberal Democrat on most issues, if more centrist on abortion. Voted for Bush in 2004, but then backed Obama and has consistently voted Democratic since including for Joe Biden in the primaries. Annoyed at many Cubans who backed Trump out of "anti-communism" and was even sympathetic to Bernie, differentiating between his social democracy and Castro's authoritarianism though she ended up voting for Warren in the primaries.

Gender: Male
Age: 32
Race/Ethnicity: White (Welsh, 1/4 Spanish)
Hometown/Residence: Rawson, Argentina
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Engaged
Religion: Calvinistic Methodist (Attends services weekly)
Education: BA in Economics
Occupation: Civil Servant in the provincial government
Income: Equivalent to 35,000 USD/year
Interests: Genealogy, Politics, History, Theology, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Literature, Rock Music, Role-playing Games
Other: Strongly identifies with his Welsh heritage and is fluent in that language as well as English and Spanish
Posts on an alternate history forum and is a bit of a resident expert on Argentinian politics, making detailed maps of the country's elections
Runs a Facebook meme page on Argentinian politics

[H. Ross Peron]

Diese sittsam Jungfrau Die Linke/Die Grünen Wählerin ist!
A.k.a. hard left on every issue that is not about life ethics or sexual morality, where she is a trad. I don't know if "Lutheran left" is a thing in the same way "Catholic left" is a thing, but that.
Man, we badly need such a woman on this forum.

I find the "Japan lover" aspect of it oddly fitting and I am not sure why.

Yeah I would love a poster like her on this forum. To be fair, I don't think she'd be a Green voter though given the culturally left and urban liberal orientation of the party-I would think she'd either be on the SPD Left or Dis Linke.

It's interesting how Catholic intellectuals often are Japanophiles.

Gender: Female
Age: 37
Race/Ethnicity: Cuban American
Hometown/Residence: Hilaleah, Florida
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Married, four kids
Religion: Catholic
Education: Teacher's degree
Occupation: art class teacher
Income: $45,000
Interests: History, Music, mobile games; participates in government and election sims on the internet
Other: Is devoutly religious and attends Mass always
Has moderate hero stances on Cuba, seeing Castro's tenure as a net bad overall on grounds of there not being a democracy, but hates Batista with passion for failing to raise living conditions on the island in the 50s.
Is a massive history nerd
Likes collecting flags of nations that no longer exist, regardless of their ideology
Watches Alex Otaola even though she doesn't agree with his politics all that much
Is a frequent poster on Reddit, where she is a mod at r/music

Fairly liberal Democrat on most issues, if more centrist on abortion. Voted for Bush in 2004, but then backed Obama and has consistently voted Democratic since including for Joe Biden in the primaries. Annoyed at many Cubans who backed Trump out of "anti-communism" and was even sympathetic to Bernie, differentiating between his social democracy and Castro's authoritarianism though she ended up voting for Warren in the primaries.

Gender: Male
Age: 32
Race/Ethnicity: White (Welsh, 1/4 Spanish)
Hometown/Residence: Rawson, Argentina
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Engaged
Religion: Calvinistic Methodist (Attends services weekly)
Education: BA in Economics
Occupation: Civil Servant in the provincial government
Income: Equivalent to 35,000 USD/year
Interests: Genealogy, Politics, History, Theology, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Literature, Rock Music, Role-playing Games
Other: Strongly identifies with his Welsh heritage and is fluent in that language as well as English and Spanish
Posts on an alternate history forum and is a bit of a resident expert on Argentinian politics, making detailed maps of the country's elections
Runs a Facebook meme page on Argentinian politics

I hope having an Argentinian didn't scare off potential responders. As a gesture of reconciliation, I will offer an American one though I hope people will respond to this one too.

Gender: Female
Age: 47
Race/Ethnicity: East Asian (Japanese)
Location: Des Plaines, Illinois
Hometown: Yokohama, Japan
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual (mostly prefers men however)
Relationship Status: Married (American businessman of German and Norwegian descent), no children
Religion: Shinto, some Buddhist elements
Education: High School diploma, some community college classes
Occupation: Works at a travel office aimed at Japanese-Americans
Income: 25,000 dollars a year, husband makes about 120,000 dollars a year
Interests: Cooking, Knitting, Classic Japanese and Western Literature, TV Game Shows, Baseball
Other: Was an AV (adult video, i.e. porn) idol in Japan during the 1990s until her retirement in 2004, appearing in hundreds of films.
Comes from a working-class background-her father worked at a shipyard while her mother was a cleaning lady at a department store
Had some past contact with Yakuza members due to her career in the AV industry

[H. Ross Peron]

I hope having an Argentinian didn't scare off potential responders. As a gesture of reconciliation, I will offer an American one though I hope people will respond to this one too.

I'll try doing your Welsh Argentinian if you do this character of mine whose Italian politics were left unanswered (from what I've seen you seem pretty knowledgeable on Italian politics):

Next hypothetical person:

Gender - Male
Age - 48
Race (Ancestry) - White (Irish/Jewish)
Hometown - Saint Paul, MN
Current location - Salerno, Italy
Marital status - Married with two children (his wife is Italian)
Religion - Devout but idiosyncratic Christian, culturally Catholic so to speak, frequently prays alone in church but seldom attends the Mass
Education - Bachelor's degree in Italian literature
Occupation - Runs a B&B, writes for an American journal of literature
Hobbies and interests - Comparative theology, bathing in Amalfi (year-round), Neapolitan food
Favourite authors - Dante Alighieri, Gabriele D'Annunzio, T. S. Eliot
Other - Emigrated in 2000; voted for Perot twice

Independent, voted for Nader in 2000 but Democrat ever since. Leans left on issues other then abortion and though in the past he may have been open to voting for individual Republicans has been turned off to the entire party since they turned hard right on immigration. Despite his past support of Perot living in Italy has made him glad that he wasn't elected president as he now thinks he would have been an American Burlesconi or at best a more competent version of Trump at best.

Gender: Male
Age: 64
Race/Ethnicity: Lebanese
Hometown: Beiruit, Lebanon
Current Location: Boston, Massachusetts (emigrated to US in 1981, obtained citizenship in 1990)
Marital Status: Married, two daughters, one son
Religion: Maronite Christian
Education: Equivalent of High School in Lebanon, some community college courses in Business in US
Occupation: Stock Broker, minority partner in a number of smaller business ventures, most proudly a restaurant that his brother owns.
Hobbies and interests: Science Fiction, Amateur Photography, Emerging technologies. Has long been an early adapter, was on internet in early 90s and now spends much of his free time playing around with Virtual reality. Also an avid Soccer and Baseball fan. Has been a die hard Red Sox fan since he first emigrated to US and is a season ticket holder.
Other: Was a supporter of Kataeb Party in Lebanon and fought in Lebanese Civil War. After he grew disillusioned he decided to emigrate to the US reasoning that he was better off seeking a more stable life then continuing to fight for a cause he no longer believed in.

Occupation and background suggests he is a Republican and holds conservative views on both economic and social issues, though he voted for Kerry and Obama twice out of opposition to US intervention in Iraq which he sees as hurting Middle Eastern Christians. Given the Kataeb Party is anti-Syrian, he supported Trump and was actually supportive of anti-Assad efforts by the US in Syria, however.

Reposting this one:

Gender: Female
Age: 47
Race/Ethnicity: East Asian (Japanese)
Location: Des Plaines, Illinois
Hometown: Yokohama, Japan
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual (mostly prefers men however)
Relationship Status: Married (American businessman of German and Norwegian descent), no children
Religion: Shinto, some Buddhist elements
Education: High School diploma, some community college classes
Occupation: Works at a travel office aimed at Japanese-Americans
Income: 25,000 dollars a year, husband makes about 120,000 dollars a year
Interests: Cooking, Knitting, Classic Japanese and Western Literature, TV Game Shows, Baseball
Other: Was an AV (adult video, i.e. porn) idol in Japan during the 1990s until her retirement in 2004, appearing in hundreds of films.
Comes from a working-class background-her father worked at a shipyard while her mother was a cleaning lady at a department store
Had some past contact with Yakuza members due to her career in the AV industry

[H. Ross Peron]

Gender - Male
Age - 38
Race (Ancestry) - White (Russian Jewish)
Sexual orientation - Heterosexual
Hometown - Dundalk, MD
Current location - Norfolk, VA
Relationship status - Single
Religion - Reform Jewish
Education - Master in Natural Sciences
Occupation - PETA activist
Other notes:
Loves Metallica music, especially the album Kill 'Em All
Estranged from his family
Was on an online politics forum during 2005-2006 under the name "Birther 82"

Self-described democratic socialist who voted for Sanders in the primary (though he considered voting for Gabbard, but thought she had "reactionary" tendencies). Refused to vote for Biden, and wrote in Eugene V. Debs in the general. Very left-wing overall.

A slightly more "fun" one, inspired by a conversation with a friend:
Gender- Male
Age- 63
Race (Ancestry)- White, of Putiain descent
Sexual Orientation- Heterosexual
Hometown- Boston (Beacon Hill)
Current Location- Boston/Tisbury (inherited the family homes in Beacon Hill and on Martha's Vineyard)
Relationship Status- Divorced, married once, with a son he rarely speaks to
Religion- "Old-line" Unitarian who rejects the Unitarian Universalists as heretical and too accommodating. Also a major funder of a Roman polytheistic reconstructionist group in New Brunswick. Writes angry letters to the Archdiocese to complain about Vatican II.
Education- Phillips Academy (Andover), Harvard, PhD in Philosophy from the University of Vienna
Occupation- "freelance psychoanalyst". Mostly a writer now, and has written two well-received novels in French
Other notes- Played Violin in the Boston Philharmonic for a time and was a music critic for the Boston Globe, started a charity to teach students to joust, goes to auctions frequently and buys nautical items, and wants to host a reenactment of the Battle of Hastings on Nantucket. Was a member of the Watch and Ward Society, and hopes to revive it.

Quite a fun one and probably one of the handful of people who still speaks in a Boston Brahmin dialect. Given his dislike of Vatican II (despite being Unitarian) and sympathetic to reviving the Watch and Ward Society, I would guess he is a traditionalist conservative and sort of the American version of British philosopher Roger Scruton strongly critical of modern tendencies towards postmodernism, permissiveness, relativism, and trashy pop culture. Economically, he dislikes both socialism and capitalism preferring some kind of distributism. Probably voted for Trump out of opposition to the cultural left. Actually, his Freudian background makes him very similar to American social critic and historian Christopher Lasch who also espoused producerist populism late in his life.

Reviving this one:

Gender: Male
Age: 64
Race: White (Polish, Italian)
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Residence: Henderson, Nevada
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Religion: Nominally lapsed Catholic, really nilhistic atheist
Relationship Status: Married, with two adult children (one in college). Previously married twice but no children in those marriages.
Profession: Locksmith
Education: High school diploma, vocational training
Income: $85,000/year
Interests: Weapons esp. guns, true crime, philosophy (especially nilhistic philosophy), cars, coin collecting
Other:
Served in the US Army from 1974 to 1979
Is an undiagnosed psychopath
Murdered five people (all strangers) in Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, and Germany (where he was stationed for two years) in the late 1970s and early 1980s out of amusement, all of which remain unsolved to this day

[H. Ross Peron]

Self-described democratic socialist who voted for Sanders in the primary (though he considered voting for Gabbard, but thought she had "reactionary" tendencies). Refused to vote for Biden, and wrote in Eugene V. Debs in the general. Very left-wing overall.

That's kind of surprising because I tried to create someone who despite stereotypically left-wing characteristics had precisely "reactionary tendencies". Lol


As for your last one, small-l liberal who was probably Republican-leaning as a youth but now usually votes Democratic; however he privileges "good government" and hates Andrew Cuomo.


Next hypothetical person:
Gender - Male
Age - 26
Race (Ethnicity) - White (Portuguese)
Hometown - New Bedford, MA
Current location - Philadelphia, PA
Sexual orientation - Heterosexual
Relationship status - Engaged
Religion - Devout Catholic; active in the Knights of Columbus
Education - College degree in Physics
Occupation - Teacher
Other notes:
His favourite members of Congress are Chris Smith and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Avid follower of Portuguese (and international) rink hockey
Has considered moving to Cape Verde after marriage

AOC being one of his favourite Congressmen clearly indicates he is in the Catholic Left. Probably likes Chris Smith due to human trafficking being one of his personal passions.

Gender: Female
Age: 29
Race: White (English, Welsh)
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Residence: Arlington, Texas
Hometown: Erie, Pennsylvania
Religion: Agnostic (from Methodist background)
Relationship Status: Single, occasionally goes on dates, still a virgin
Profession: English/SAT Tutor at a Korean-owned Tutoring Centre, Horror and Mystery Novelist
Education: BA in English and French Literature from a Liberal Arts College
Income: $35,000/year
Interests: Mystery/Gothic/Cosmic Horror Literature (Favourite writers include Arthur Conan Doyle, Jorge Luis Borges, HP Lovecraft, Thomas Ligotti, Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, Mary Shelley), History, Poetry, Hiking, Video Games, Collecting American furniture from the colonial and Early Republic eras, Classic Film and Anime, Role Playing Games
Other:-Posts fairly frequently on 4chan (usually /lit/ and /a/)
-Considers herself a feminist but critical of "contemporary feminism"
-Occasionally uses derogatory slurs in personal communications
-Has written several novel length works in the horror and mystery genres though only a handful of short stories have been published, rest being posted online for free
-Father was an IT worker, Mother was a real estate agent
-Listens to various political podcasts such as Chapo Trap House and reads Jacobin but also regularly watches Tucker Carlson