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Industry · Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions

NAICS 7121 · 17,886 matched workers · high confidence

Strong Democratic lean
78.6% Democratic, 21.4% Republican

Two-party shares across 17,886 workers in the Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions industry.

78.6%
21.4%
DemocraticRepublican
Imputed
77.4% D · 22.6% R
Includes lean for unaffiliated registrants
Hierarchy
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation › Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions
NAICS2 71 · NAICS4 7121
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Where Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions falls

More Democratic than 88% of industries in Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation.

← DemocraticRepublican →Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers — 61% DemocraticSports Teams and Clubs — 62% DemocraticAmusement and Theme Parks — 64% DemocraticMuseums — 81% DemocraticPromoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities — 65% DemocraticOther Gambling Industries — 63% DemocraticAgents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures — 74% DemocraticPromoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events without Facilities — 71% DemocraticGolf Courses and Country Clubs — 56% DemocraticAll Other Amusement and Recreation Industries — 65% DemocraticZoos and Botanical Gardens — 77% DemocraticIndependent Artists, Writers, and Performers — 68% DemocraticCasinos (except Casino Hotels) — 61% DemocraticTheater Companies and Dinner Theaters — 65% DemocraticMusical Groups and Artists — 73% DemocraticRacetracks — 65% DemocraticOther Performing Arts Companies — 79% DemocraticBowling Centers — 62% DemocraticHistorical Sites — 64% DemocraticNature Parks and Other Similar Institutions — 68% DemocraticDance Companies — 66% DemocraticOther Spectator Sports — 59% DemocraticMarinas — 40% DemocraticSkiing Facilities — 63% DemocraticAmusement Arcades — 59% DemocraticMuseums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions — 79% Democratic0%25%50%75%100%
Each dot is one of the 25 other industries in Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation; size scales by workforce. Hover to see names — click to jump.

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