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Solar Electric Power Generation

NAICS 221114 · 7,682 matched workers · high confidence

Strong Democratic lean
64.5% Democratic, 35.5% Republican

Two-party shares across 7,682 workers in the Solar Electric Power Generation industry.

64.5%
35.5%
DemocraticRepublican
Imputed
64.1% D · 35.9% R
Includes lean for unaffiliated registrants
Hierarchy
Utilities › Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution
NAICS2 22 · NAICS4 2211
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Where Solar Electric Power Generation falls

More Democratic than 86% of industries in Utilities.

← DemocraticRepublican →Electric Power Distribution — 50% DemocraticFossil Fuel Electric Power Generation — 45% DemocraticOther Electric Power Generation — 50% DemocraticNatural Gas Distribution — 50% DemocraticElectric Bulk Power Transmission and Control — 56% DemocraticWater Supply and Irrigation Systems — 52% DemocraticHydroelectric Power Generation — 47% DemocraticWind Electric Power Generation — 50% DemocraticNuclear Electric Power Generation — 45% DemocraticGeothermal Electric Power Generation — 53% DemocraticSewage Treatment Facilities — 49% DemocraticSteam and Air-Conditioning Supply — 32% DemocraticBiomass Electric Power Generation — 65% DemocraticSolar Electric Power Generation — 64% Democratic0%25%50%75%100%
Each dot is one of the 13 other industries in Utilities; 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