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Public Administration

NAICS 92 · 1,664,607 matched workers · high confidence

Strong Democratic lean
61.6% Democratic, 38.4% Republican

Two-party shares across 1,664,607 workers in the Public Administration industry.

61.6%
38.4%
DemocraticRepublican
Imputed
60.9% D · 39.1% R
Includes lean for unaffiliated registrants
Hierarchy
Public Administration
NAICS2 92
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Where Public Administration falls

More Republican than 63% of industries in Public Administration.

← DemocraticRepublican →Executive and Legislative Offices, Combined — 64% DemocraticNational Security — 49% DemocraticAdministration of Education Programs — 65% DemocraticOther General Government Support — 63% DemocraticAdministration of Public Health Programs — 74% DemocraticRegulation and Administration of Transportation Programs — 58% DemocraticAdministration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs — 65% DemocraticOther Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities — 60% DemocraticAdministration of Veterans Affairs — 62% DemocraticPolice Protection — 48% DemocraticPublic Finance Activities — 64% DemocraticSpace Research and Technology — 52% DemocraticCourts — 68% DemocraticCorrectional Institutions — 60% DemocraticAdministration of Conservation Programs — 67% DemocraticAdministration of Human Resource Programs (except Education, Public Health, and Veterans Affairs Programs) — 68% DemocraticLegal Counsel and Prosecution — 68% DemocraticRegulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors — 70% DemocraticInternational Affairs — 74% DemocraticRegulation of Agricultural Marketing and Commodities — 60% DemocraticRegulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities — 51% DemocraticFire Protection — 51% DemocraticAdministration of General Economic Programs — 73% DemocraticExecutive Offices — 57% DemocraticLegislative Bodies — 74% DemocraticAdministration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development — 69% DemocraticAdministration of Housing Programs — 72% DemocraticAmerican Indian and Alaska Native Tribal Governments — 54% DemocraticParole Offices and Probation Offices — 68% DemocraticPublic Administration — 62% Democratic0%25%50%75%100%
Each dot is one of the 29 other industries in Public Administration; 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