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Restaurants and Other Eating Places

NAICS 7225 · 249,246 matched workers · high confidence

Strong Democratic lean
65.0% Democratic, 35.0% Republican

Two-party shares across 249,246 workers in the Restaurants and Other Eating Places industry.

65.0%
35.0%
DemocraticRepublican
Imputed
64.5% D · 35.5% R
Includes lean for unaffiliated registrants
Hierarchy
Accommodation and Food Services › Restaurants and Other Eating Places
NAICS2 72 · NAICS4 7225
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Where Restaurants and Other Eating Places falls

More Democratic than 69% of industries in Accommodation and Food Services.

← DemocraticRepublican →Full-Service Restaurants — 63% DemocraticLimited-Service Restaurants — 64% DemocraticHotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels — 64% DemocraticSnack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars — 72% DemocraticCasino Hotels — 59% DemocraticFood Service Contractors — 60% DemocraticCaterers — 65% DemocraticMobile Food Services — 59% DemocraticBed-and-Breakfast Inns — 65% DemocraticRecreational and Vacation Camps (except Campgrounds) — 53% DemocraticCafeterias, Grill Buffets, and Buffets — 67% DemocraticDrinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) — 59% DemocraticRV (Recreational Vehicle) Parks and Campgrounds — 51% DemocraticRooming and Boarding Houses, Dormitories, and Workers Camps — 61% DemocraticAll Other Traveler Accommodation — 64% DemocraticRestaurants and Other Eating Places — 65% Democratic0%25%50%75%100%
Each dot is one of the 15 other industries in Accommodation and Food Services; 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