Your bro Chad def votes Republican

If your buddy's name is Chad, there's about a two-thirds chance he votes Republican and recently donated in the neighborhood of $500 to political campaigns.

In fact, many first names are surprisingly well-coordinated to political preferences, per research from Verdant Labs using Federal Election Commission (FEC) data. While a lot of names are relatively neutral, some, like Chad and Brittany for Republicans or Dylan and Kate for Democrats, are significantly tilted in one direction or the other.

The study also broke down name trends for the five remaining presidential candidates:

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(Washington Post)

Want to see where your own name stacks up? Verdant Labs' results page is searchable, so you can see if your political preferences match your name.