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Skill and Chance
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« on: December 16, 2012, 12:42:01 PM »
« edited: December 16, 2012, 12:57:02 PM by Skill and Chance »

Sounds like a moderate Republican to me.

Race: White
Gender: Male
Personal Income: $45,000
Education: High School
Religion: Catholic
Occupation: Miner
Age: 46
Martial Status: Married, with four children.
Location: Charleston, WV.

Archetypal conservadem.  Votes D locally, but R for president since 2000.  Would have stayed home after the 47% comment if not for union GOTV efforts.  He is starting to consider local R's after his miners' union endorsed a straight R ticket this year.

Race: Half-White, Half-Chinese
Gender: Male
Personal Income: $250M in annual returns on $2.4B in invested wealth
Education: M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford
Religion: non-denominational Christian with deist tendencies
Occupation: Philanthropist, formerly software engineer and entrepreneur (entirely self-made)
Age: 41
Marital Status: Married with 3 children
Location: San Jose, CA 
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« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2012, 03:13:18 PM »

^^Almost certainly an "Establishment"  Republican.

Race: White
Gender: Male
Personal Income: $143,000/year
Education: B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas Tech
Religion: Evangelical Presbyterian
Age: 39
Family: Married with three kids (ages 11, 9, and 7)
Location: Sugar Bend, Texas

Tea Party Republican, has never voted for a Democrat in his life and turns out every time.

On a similar note (although I somehow doubt this person actually exists):

Race: Mexican-American, his mother was an undocumented immigrant
Gender: Male
Personal Income: $2.5M/year in profits, owns small oil company
Education:  B.S. in Petroleum Engineering and MBA from UT Austin 
Religion: Moderate Catholic
Age: 45
Marital Status: openly gay, came out in 2009
Location: Midland, Texas
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« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2012, 01:44:12 PM »

Lean Republican



Race: White
Gender: Female
Age: 30
Religion: United Church of Christ
Occupation: Musician
Income: $100,000
Martial Status: Single
Location: Boise, Idaho

Lean Democratic, musician and UCC would barely outweight Idaho IMO.  And she is from one of the most moderate parts of Idaho.
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« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2014, 07:49:11 PM »

Moderate Democrat/independent.

Age:  43
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Indian
Education: Masters in CS from MIT. Earned an MBA from Wharton Business School later on.
Occupation: Investment Banker (Managing Director)
Income:  $1,500,000 a year
Marital status:  Married with 2 kids
Religion:  Hindu
Location: Houston, TX

Moderate Republican, but probably voted for Obama in 2008 and against Cruz in 2012.
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« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2015, 07:35:31 PM »
« Edited: July 21, 2015, 07:42:19 PM by Skill and Chance »

Staunch Democrat

Race: Black
Gender: Female
Age: 53
Religion: Atheist
Income: 100,000
Occupation: Biophysicist
Marital status: Married for 15 years
Education: PhD
Location: Stonewood, West Virginia

Very liberal Democrat, possibly votes Mountain (WV Green) in state/local elections due to conservatism of WV Dems.

Race: 50/50 White/Asian
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Religion: Christian (non-denominational, not overly literal)
Income: $160,000
Occupation: Finance
Marital Status: Married, no kids yet
Education: PhD in Economics from U Chicago
Location: Chicago inner suburbs
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« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2021, 10:35:05 AM »


Consistently votes democratic in every election.

Race: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Age: 38
Occupation: Occupational Therapist
Salary: $95,000
Education: Master’s Degree
Hometown: The Woodlands, TX
Current Residence: Sarasota, FL
Religion: Athiest
Marital status: Currently married, 2x divorced
Children: 1
Grandchildren: 3
Hobbies: Surfing, Running, Golfing, vloging

Republican in presidential elections, save for a one-time Clinton 2016 vote. 

Solidly Republican downballot in Florida, but would have voted against the most socially conservative R's if/when she still lived in Texas as an adult, often for libertarians instead of Dems. 

Race: Hispanic, one non-Hispanic white grandparent
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Occupation: Mine Owner
Income: ranges from $150K-$1.5M, varying wildly with commodity prices
Education: Bachelor's in Engineering (Colorado School of Mines)
Hometown: San Luis, CO
Current Residence: Lives adjacent to the mine in Gunnison County, CO
Religion: Catholic, note his children attend a Catholic school
Marital status: Happily married to college sweetheart whom he met through a Hispanic student group when he was a junior and she was a freshman, she is also a mining engineer and now works part time managing the family-owned mine
Children: 4
Grandchildren: none yet
Hobbies: hiking, skiing, collecting and exhibiting exotic minerals
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« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2022, 03:43:58 PM »

Seems like a Republican, but not an especially strong one, at least relative to the usual vibes of his community. Probably a McCain-Romney-Trump-Trump voter in the primaries, though I could see him supporting Biden in the 2020 general or voting third-party due to Covid.

Gender: Female
Age: 26
Race/Ethnicity: Mexican-American, but with fairly deep family roots in the U.S. (no relatives across the border)
Occupation: Visual Artist and fashion designer who runs an Etsy store, Waitress to pay the bills
Education: High School, a year and a half in Philosophy at Dartmouth before dropping out due to financial and mental health strain.
Hometown/Residence: Odessa, TX
Religion: Self-describes as not religious, but in a relationship with Jesus Christ, raised in a pentecostal nondenominational church but not a regular attendee
Income: $25,000 a year
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Single
Hobbies: Politics, Blogging, Silk-painting, Photography
Other notes:  Has a very cynical view of life, very critical of her experiences in the Ivy League. Has struggled with long bouts of depression.

Most likely Bernie write-in/downballot Dem both times, some chance of Trump/downballot Dem if she resented the Ivy Leaguers enough.

Gender: Male
Age: 86
Race/Ethnicity: White, claims a distant Cherokee ancestor
Occupation: Farmer
Education: High School
Hometown/Residence: born in Crowell, TX, still lives on a family farm there
Religion: Baptist
Income: $45,000 a year
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Widower
Hobbies: fishing, some card games, used to hunt regularly before health declined
Other notes: Veteran, but returned to the farm after a single tour of duty
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« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2022, 06:28:20 PM »

Seems like a Republican, but not an especially strong one, at least relative to the usual vibes of his community. Probably a McCain-Romney-Trump-Trump voter in the primaries, though I could see him supporting Biden in the 2020 general or voting third-party due to Covid.

Gender: Female
Age: 26
Race/Ethnicity: Mexican-American, but with fairly deep family roots in the U.S. (no relatives across the border)
Occupation: Visual Artist and fashion designer who runs an Etsy store, Waitress to pay the bills
Education: High School, a year and a half in Philosophy at Dartmouth before dropping out due to financial and mental health strain.
Hometown/Residence: Odessa, TX
Religion: Self-describes as not religious, but in a relationship with Jesus Christ, raised in a pentecostal nondenominational church but not a regular attendee
Income: $25,000 a year
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Single
Hobbies: Politics, Blogging, Silk-painting, Photography
Other notes:  Has a very cynical view of life, very critical of her experiences in the Ivy League. Has struggled with long bouts of depression.

Most likely Bernie write-in/downballot Dem both times, some chance of Trump/downballot Dem if she resented the Ivy Leaguers enough.

Gender: Male
Age: 86
Race/Ethnicity: White, claims a distant Cherokee ancestor
Occupation: Farmer
Education: High School
Hometown/Residence: born in Crowell, TX, still lives on a family farm there
Religion: Baptist
Income: $45,000 a year
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Widower
Hobbies: fishing, some card games, used to hunt regularly before health declined
Other notes: Veteran, but returned to the farm after a single tour of duty

Ancestral Democrat (voted for Nixon, Reagan, and Bush Sr. however) who became a straight ticket GOP voter from 2000 onwards.



Gender: Male
Age: 7576
Race: White (English)
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Residence/Hometown: London, UK
Religion: Agnostic (Culturally Anglican)
Relationship Status: Married (previously married and divorced another woman), no children
Profession: Retired (previously worked for the Times of London’s Fact-Checking Department , then for Oxford University Press on dictionaries)
Education: Bachelor and Master’s in English Literature
Income: 35,000 pounds a year
Interests: Collecting antiques, writing, philology, literature, politics, chess, calisthenics, gardening, outings to the countryside
Other: -Used to be a somewhat heavy drinker in middle age, especially fond of gin though he eventually kicked the habit and only drinks socially now
-His second wife is considerably younger, who he met at his Times job
-Has some (understated) misogynistic tendencies


Clearly a Democrat if he is a US citizen living abroad, probably Lib Dem if he is a UK citizen.

Gender: Male
Age: 23
Race/Ethnicity: one Hispanic parent of Puerto Rican descent, one White parent of Irish descent
Occupation: MLB
Education: Some College (dropped out to sign with the Red Sox, which was his childhood dream)
Hometown/Residence: Boston, MA
Religion: Catholic (pretty serious about it for a young person in the NE)
Income: $1.5M/year (he's now in full-fledged MLB, but not a star, at least not yet)
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Engaged, she is a Boston College student
Hobbies: vast majority of his time spent practicing baseball, some volunteering with Catholic Charities
Other notes: Intends to finish college, wants to become a lawyer after retiring from MLB
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« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2022, 07:14:27 PM »

Gender: Male
Age: 49
Race/Ethnicity: White. His ethnicity form his family is Irish from mom/Italian from the father.
Occupation: Stand-up comedian
Education: High School dropout
Hometown/Residence: Cape Carnaval FL/Los Angeles CA
Religion: Atheist
Income: $35,000 a year
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Single(sexual relations with 185 woman)
Hobbies: Sex, alcohol, staying in his apartment, performing at stand up lounges.
Other notes:  A self-described misanthrope, he made an off-hand joke about police brutality that got him heckled by a crowd due to the pro-police stance. Jokes about Hispanics, LGBTQ, Catholics, Muslims, Evangelicals, women, gun owners, teenagers, environmentalists, vegans, Asians had similar controversy with the crowd attendants. One joke in the manner of The Aristocrats led to the loudest groans by the crowds.

Libertarian today, probably a Dem in the Bush era due to the atheism.
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« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2022, 07:37:58 PM »

Gender: Male
Age: 49
Race/Ethnicity: White. His ethnicity form his family is Irish from mom/Italian from the father.
Occupation: Stand-up comedian
Education: High School dropout
Hometown/Residence: Cape Carnaval FL/Los Angeles CA
Religion: Atheist
Income: $35,000 a year
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Single(sexual relations with 185 woman)
Hobbies: Sex, alcohol, staying in his apartment, performing at stand up lounges.
Other notes:  A self-described misanthrope, he made an off-hand joke about police brutality that got him heckled by a crowd due to the pro-police stance. Jokes about Hispanics, LGBTQ, Catholics, Muslims, Evangelicals, women, gun owners, teenagers, environmentalists, vegans, Asians had similar controversy with the crowd attendants. One joke in the manner of The Aristocrats led to the loudest groans by the crowds.

Libertarian today, probably a Dem in the Bush era due to the atheism.

The gun owner bit would make him sound more left-wing than most of the other beliefs. The hypothetical person I have in mind would be very anti-PC, keep that in mind.

OK.

What do you think about the MLB player?
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« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2022, 09:25:26 PM »

Likely a lean Republican due to playing professional sports. He could go cross party lines given his half Hispanic heritage.

Gender: Female
Age: 55
Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian. Ethnicities are all originated from the UK/Scotland
Occupation: Guidance counselor at school
Education: Bachelors in public relations
Hometown/Residence: Tusla OK/ Glendale AZ
Religion: United Church of Christ
Income: $30,000
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Married, with a 22 year old daughter.   
Hobbies: Meditation, gardening, reading books, watching movies, astronomy, exercising.

Dem base voter most likely.

Remember this guy from the previous page?  What about his wife?  She is 43 and grew up in Denver before they met in college.

Race: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Occupation: Mine Owner
Income: ranges from $150K-$1.5M, varying wildly with commodity prices
Education: Bachelor's in Engineering (Colorado School of Mines)
Hometown: San Luis, CO
Current Residence: Lives adjacent to the mine in Gunnison County, CO
Religion: Catholic, note his children attend a Catholic school
Marital status: Happily married to college sweetheart whom he met through a Hispanic student group when he was a junior and she was a freshman, she is also a mining engineer and now works part time managing the family-owned mine
Children: 4
Grandchildren: none yet
Hobbies: hiking, skiing, collecting and exhibiting exotic minerals
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« Reply #11 on: August 29, 2023, 10:12:09 PM »

Moderate Labourite.

Sex: Male
Age: 51
Ethnicity: Malayali
Location: Kochi, Kerala, India
Occupation: Businessman (wife’s a doctor)
Religion: Catholic
Children: Three daughters—One attending medical college, one attending university, one about to attend university.
Interests: Traveling, cricket, growing spices
Other: Miraculously successful at his career in spite soul-crushing bureaucratic red tape.


I know very little about Indian politics, but INC I would guess?

Age: 49
Gender: Male
Location: Roswell, GA
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Race/Ethnicity: White
Religion: Presbyterian (PCA), attends church weekly
Occupation: Engineer
Income: $120,000 annually
Education Level: Bachelor's degree
Relationships: Married, has three kids
Interests: Watching sports (especially college football, the NFL, and the MLB), studying theology and military history, competing in triathlons, mentoring youth in need, golf, CrossFit, boating, serving at church, reading presidential biographies
Other: U.S. Navy veteran (officer)

Hardcore Republican base voter.  Just young enough to have never voted Dem at any level in his life.

Age: 39
Gender: Female
Location: small town on Mississippi Gulf Coast
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Race/Ethnicity: Vietnamese
Religion: Catholic, attends about once a month on average
Occupation: Commercial fishing/shrimping business with her husband, passed down in the family and then expanded
Income: business averages $130,000 annually, but can vary by 2X year to year
Education Level: Bachelor's Degree
Relationships: Married, has 2 kids
Interests: leadership position in lobbying group representing shrimpers/fishermen, charity work supporting refugees, Jazz music
Other: U.S. Navy veteran (Naval Academy, met her husband there, both left after service obligation paid back)
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« Reply #12 on: August 31, 2023, 04:15:54 PM »

Lifelong Republican, voted for Gary Johnson in 2016 due to some wariness over Trump’s immigration stance but enthusiastically returned in 2020.

This one is loosely based on a fictional character.

Age: 93
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White (English/Dutch/German)
Religion: Methodist
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Occupation: retired salesman, lives off a comfortable pension plan and social security
Marital Status: Widower, one child, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild
Education: Briefly attended college on GI bill before dropping out.
Hometown: New York, NY
Current Location: Bailey’s Crossroads, Virginia
Interests: Science Fiction, military history, football, classic literature, jazz, country, blues, rock and roll
Other: Served in the army during Korea, received a battlefield promotion which gave him a taste for power that he was terrified by. His wartime experiences continue to affect him to this day and caused him to have a profound and lifelong hatred of war.
Republican from 1952-1992, Democratic from 1992-2012, probably didn't vote in 2016, but voted for Biden in 2020

Race: White (French, German, and English)
Gender: Female
Age: 47
Occupation: Registered nurse
Education: Associate's degree
Hometown: Binghamton, NY
Current city: Fredericksburg, VA
Religion: Mainline Protestant, attends church most weeks
Income: $75k
Marital Status: Married for 17 years
Children: 2
Hobbies: Sewing, Hiking, Baking

Was a moderate Republican until 2016, voted for Hillary and Biden and mostly votes Democrat at the state level though voted for Youngkin in 2021.

Race/Ethnicity: White/ Hispanic (1/2nd Mexican, 1/4th Italian, 1/4th Jewish)
Religion: Atheist
Gender: Male
Age: 58
Occupation: Film Director/CEO of low budget gore/slasher film studio.
Marital Status: Divorced, three children
Income: Multi-millionaire both through his successful film business and inheritance from wealthy parents.
Education: High School dropout (was expelled due to petty criminality and started his film studio in basement with friends)
Hometown: Greenwich, Connecticut
Current Location: San, Diego, California
Interests: Classic Rock, motorcycles, Japanese literature, pop culture esoterica, antique guns and swords, marijuana cultivation, hiking, popular science
Other: Has a dark and twisted sense of humor and considers self a nihilist. Ex-wife is suing him for full custody of their children on the grounds that he allegedly gave their ten year old son with ADHD “microdoses” of cocaine which allegedly would help him study on school.
Democrat, but whether or not he votes is erratic. Holds some conspiracist views.

Race: White (Italian, Greek)
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Occupation: General manager of a restaurant at a theme park
Salary: $95k
Education: Associate's degree
Current city: Orlando, FL
Hometown: Islip. NY
Marital Status: Divorced, pays child support to his ex-wife, and has visitation every other weekend
Religion: Catholic, attends church most weeks
Children: 2 (Has a 17 year old daughter and an 9 year old son)
Interests/hobbies: Golf, watching baseball and football, fitness


Base Republican post-COVID.  Probably Dem in his youth assuming he has always been in the restaurant business and started out making minimum wage.

Race/Ethnicity: 3/4 Hispanic, 1/4 white English/Irish (his 2 grandfathers were Hispanos with lineage predating the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, they were encouraged to marry out- his grandmothers were a recent Mexican immigrant and a Catholic Anglo settler)
Religion: observant Catholic
Gender: Male
Age: 47
Occupation: Farmer/rancher, the land has been in his family since Spanish colonial times
Marital Status: Married, 4 children (1 biological, 3 adopted), wife is also Hispanic. They met in graduate school.
Income: Highly variable, can make >$250K or lose money for the year.  The land holdings as a whole are worth several million dollars, but they frequently have to draw on a line of credit from it in bad years which they then pay off in good years.  They have made significant improvements to the land and experiment with new methods to increase yield.
Education: PhD in Chemistry
Hometown: rural Sandoval County, NM
Current Location: rural Sandoval County, NM
Interests: Western/Native American art, works with New Mexico State to perform academic agricultural science on his ranch, publishes and attends conferences regularly
Other: Against the rest of the family's wishes, his brother made a deal with a local oil company to develop his share of the family land.  Initially, it increased in value 10X, but there was a severe spill that made the brother's land worthless and contaminated much of the family's neighboring holdings.  His brother's wife died of a rare from of cancer associated with the chemical contamination.  The oil company was bankrupt and could not help.  Unable to pay medical bills or remediation expenses, the brother disappeared in 2005 and has never been seen since.  He adopted his brother's 3 young children, bought the land at auction to keep it in the family, and devised a remediation plan.  After a decade of lawsuits, the EPA finally accepted the family's remediation proposal in 2017 and withdrew all back fines and liens against the land immediately following a change in agency leadership after the 2016 election.
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