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Commuter Rail Systems

NAICS 485112 · 376 matched workers · high confidence

Strong Democratic lean
75.4% Democratic, 24.6% Republican

Two-party shares across 376 workers in the Commuter Rail Systems industry.

75.4%
24.6%
DemocraticRepublican
Imputed
75.7% D · 24.3% R
Includes lean for unaffiliated registrants
Hierarchy
Transportation and Warehousing › Urban Transit Systems
NAICS2 48 · NAICS4 4851
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Where Commuter Rail Systems falls

Among the most Democratic-leaning industries in Transportation and Warehousing (94th percentile).

← DemocraticRepublican →Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation — 54% DemocraticFreight Transportation Arrangement — 52% DemocraticGeneral Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload — 47% DemocraticLine-Haul Railroads — 49% DemocraticAll Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation — 69% DemocraticDeep Sea Freight Transportation — 56% DemocraticGeneral Freight Trucking, Local — 50% DemocraticPipeline Transportation of Natural Gas — 35% DemocraticPacking and Crating — 59% DemocraticOther Support Activities for Air Transportation — 43% DemocraticGeneral Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload — 48% DemocraticScheduled Freight Air Transportation — 55% DemocraticDeep Sea Passenger Transportation — 62% DemocraticOther Airport Operations — 58% DemocraticAll Other Support Activities for Transportation — 55% DemocraticSpecial Needs Transportation — 61% DemocraticSchool and Employee Bus Transportation — 60% DemocraticUsed Household and Office Goods Moving — 50% DemocraticSpecialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance — 50% DemocraticPipeline Transportation of Crude Oil — 38% DemocraticPort and Harbor Operations — 65% DemocraticMarine Cargo Handling — 43% DemocraticMotor Vehicle Towing — 60% DemocraticSupport Activities for Rail Transportation — 56% DemocraticPipeline Transportation of Refined Petroleum Products — 37% DemocraticBus and Other Motor Vehicle Transit Systems — 66% DemocraticOther Support Activities for Road Transportation — 52% DemocraticInterurban and Rural Bus Transportation — 81% DemocraticNonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation — 40% DemocraticAir Traffic Control — 48% DemocraticNonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation — 46% DemocraticOther Nonscheduled Air Transportation — 37% DemocraticNavigational Services to Shipping — 43% DemocraticInland Water Freight Transportation — 43% DemocraticTaxi and Ridesharing Services — 61% DemocraticSpecialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local — 36% DemocraticOther Support Activities for Water Transportation — 42% DemocraticAll Other Pipeline Transportation — 28% DemocraticInland Water Passenger Transportation — 62% DemocraticMixed Mode Transit Systems — 66% DemocraticCharter Bus Industry — 59% DemocraticScenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Other — 62% DemocraticLimousine Service — 69% DemocraticShort Line Railroads — 61% DemocraticScenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Water — 80% DemocraticCoastal and Great Lakes Freight Transportation — 65% DemocraticOther Urban Transit Systems — 51% DemocraticCommuter Rail Systems — 75% Democratic0%25%50%75%100%
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How this is measured

VRscores estimate the partisan composition of an industry by linking voter registration records to employment profiles, then aggregating workers up the NAICS hierarchy. The two-party shares above exclude workers with no major-party affiliation.

Read the full methodology or the published Organization Science paper.

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Citation

Kagan, Max; Frake, Justin; Hurst, Reuben (2026). “VRscores: A New Measure and Data Set of Workforce Politics Using Voter Registrations.” Organization Science, 37(2), 444–465.
https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2025.20402