According to the Washington Post, here is the partisan lean for all men in the US with names that start with "Ke":
I'm pleased to note that Kevin is the most bipartisan name of the bunch, leaning only slightly Republican.
Oddly, Kenneth is +14 Republican while Kenny is -15 Democratic. Apparently there's something Republican about insisting on using your full name.
"... all men in the US.."
The note to the figure says it is from 35 states (that report party affiliation). The other 15 states don't have men with name starting with "Ke"?
The other 15 states don't put party affiliation in voter registration.
I was thinking who would name their child Kelvin?
In the US, Kelvin caught on as a first name in the 1950s – no doubt influenced by Kevin."
Then there's this.
"Kelvin is a masculine given name, ultimately derived from the title of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, who received a baronage named for the River Kelvin."
Go figure.
But what is the L doing for them?
No clue. I don't think I've ever encountered the name in my personal life. That's why I googled it to see if people really named their kids Kelvin.
Aren’t all Kennys dead? Also, at -61, I wonder if they only found one Kelvin.
My first name goes Republican by 8, and my surname doesn't make the grade at all. I'm guessing it would probably register dead even.
The graphs are apparently in percentage points of the name in question. It would be more meaningful if it were in absolute numbers, or fractions of total population. How many Kelvins are there? On the other hand there are lots of Kevins and we might be alarmed if they were leaning the wrong. If the Johns were leaning it would probably have very serious electoral implications.
Men are +6 Repub on average...so "Kevin" apparently is just about a typical male name in this respect.
My guess about "Kelvin" (especially) and "Kenny" is those tend to be Black men.
Gender and race probably explain the vast majority of the differentials.
My son is also named Kort.
Not even a mention of Kelvin. That's cold, man. Absolutely cold.
Hahaha I was going down the replies to see if anyone made the joke.
Jim is far more Republican than James. On the other hand (yes, I'm still holding my big sister's hand), Pamela is more Democratic than Pam.
Kelvin? There can't be more than 61 of those total.
I happen to be friends with a Kelvin. Yes, born in the 50s.
But the problem here is that we (Kevin) are comparing percentages of names that have wildly varying numbers of “owners”. Some of these results - like the -61 for Kelvin - are meaningless statistics of small numbers. Not usefully comparable to any of the others, unless the total number of each is specified.