Let's see now, where does my first name which I share with a female Democratic politician so loathed for decades that older white men narrow their eyes & clench their jaws in instant animosity when they hear it--minus-34 to the left! I'm shocked as all getout.

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(Gift link) This is fun. And unsurprising, in many ways. wapo.st/47K9lUl

Column | How Republican or Democratic is your name?

Rummaging through one of biggest, most valuable datasets not in government hands, we discovered some fascinating links between names and politics.

"Nate" has no data which is pretty funny considering that one other data-weirdo Nate, but I'm also thrown by how "Nathan" is R+15 and "Nathanael" (my unconventional full-name spelling) is R+30 while "Nathaniel" is D-19