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Air Crew Members

SOC 55-3011.00 · 10,912 matched workers · high confidence

Strong Republican lean
35.8% Democratic, 64.2% Republican

Two-party shares across 10,912 workers in this occupation matched to voter registration records.

35.8%
64.2%
DemocraticRepublican
Imputed
37.0% D · 63.0% R
Includes lean for unaffiliated registrants
Major group
Military Specific Occupations
SOC major code 55-0000
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Where Air Crew Members falls

More Republican than 88% of occupations in Military Specific Occupations.

← DemocraticRepublican →Military Officer Special and Tactical Operations Leaders, All Other — 42% DemocraticMilitary Enlisted Tactical Operations and Air/Weapons Specialists and Crew Members, All Other — 47% DemocraticAircraft Launch and Recovery Officers — 35% DemocraticFirst-Line Supervisors of All Other Tactical Operations Specialists — 40% DemocraticAir Crew Officers — 34% DemocraticArtillery and Missile Officers — 40% DemocraticFirst-Line Supervisors of Weapons Specialists/Crew Members — 41% DemocraticCommand and Control Center Officers — 44% DemocraticInfantry — 47% DemocraticFirst-Line Supervisors of Air Crew Members — 57% DemocraticAircraft Launch and Recovery Specialists — 39% DemocraticCommand and Control Center Specialists — 47% DemocraticArmored Assault Vehicle Officers — 43% DemocraticArtillery and Missile Crew Members — 46% DemocraticInfantry Officers — 55% DemocraticSpecial Forces Officers — 48% DemocraticAir Crew Members — 36% Democratic0%25%50%75%100%
Each dot is one of the 16 other occupations in Military Specific Occupations; size scales by worker count. Hover to see names — click to jump.

How this is measured

VRscores estimate the partisan composition of an occupation by linking voter registration records to employment profiles. Each worker is assigned to one occupation per year. 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