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Anymouse

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Mon Jun 10, 2013, 10:05 PM Jun 2013

U Chicago study: Baby names indicate parent's political leanings. [View all]

http://political-science.uchicago.edu/faculty-workingpapers/Oliver-Wood-Bass.pdf
A study by a professor at the University of Chicago: You can tell a family’s political leanings by how they name their children. (A bit long)

http://www.livescience.com/37196-politics-baby-names.html
According to Live Science analysing this study, Conservative parents will tend to select baby names with hard consonants, which tend to sound more macho, such as K, B, or D. Conversely, Progressives tend to select names with more “feminine-sounding” soft consonants such as (soft) C, S, M, or L.
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