Results of Birth Order & Political Affiliation Poll

July 21, 2009: A total of 14 responses tonight. 0 responses were thrown out. Of the 14 countable responses, 8 identified themselves as the oldest or only child; 2 identified themselves as being the youngest child; and 4 identified themselves as a middle child.

December 17, 2008: A total of 22 responses today. 2 were thrown out for not answering seriously. Of the other 20 countable responses, 6 identified themselves as the oldest or only child; 10 identified themselves as being the youngest child; 3 identified themselves as middle children; and 1 identified themselves as a "twin" and did not indicate if they were the youngest or oldest twin. Since I can not determine if this individual is the oldest or youngest, I will not count their response.


Dec 6, 2008: Only a total of 7 responses today. I'm not sure why it wasn't a better response rate, perhaps because I posted the question about 9pm PT tonight so it's late on the East coast. Of the 7 respondents, 4 of them identified themselves as the oldest child, 2 as the youngest and 1 as a middle child.


Nov 29, 2008: Today there were a total of 39 responses. 2 were thrown out for not answering seriously. Of the other 37 countable responses, 17 identified themselves as either oldest or only children (I group these together because in psychological literature they are often considered similar personality types); 11 identified themselves as middle children and 9 as the youngest child.



OLDEST/ONLY (35):
>13 Republicans
>13 Democrats
>9 Neither or No affiliation

MIDDLE (19):
>9 Democrats
>3 Republicans
>7 Neither or No affiliation

YOUNGEST (23):
>10 Democrats
>3 Republican
>10 Neither or No affiliation


**Initial results support my hypothesis that youngest children are more likely to identify with being "Democrat" or having no political affiliation or some other ideology other than identifying as a "Republican."

**A similar trend of identifying themselves as non-Republican is emerging for middle children.