Palin's Children's Names

Of Names and Politics: The Palin Story: "If you had nothing to go on but the baby names and had to guess about who the parents were, you'd guess that that they lived in an ideosyncratic, sparsely populated region of the country...and that they were conservative Republicans."

Laura Wattenberg, author of The Baby Name Wizard, explains why the names Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, and Trig are typical names--at least for the Palins' demographics.

She also shares her idea of why the baby names Margaret, Mark, and Peter are more common among Democrats while the baby names Addison, Gage, and Tanner are more common among Republicans.