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Athletes and Sports Competitors

SOC 27-2021.00 · 36,286 matched workers · high confidence

Democratic lean
55.2% Democratic, 44.8% Republican

Two-party shares across 36,286 workers in this occupation matched to voter registration records.

55.2%
44.8%
DemocraticRepublican
Imputed
56.2% D · 43.8% R
Includes lean for unaffiliated registrants
Major group
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations
SOC major code 27-0000
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Where Athletes and Sports Competitors falls

Among the most Republican-leaning occupations in Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations (100th percentile).

← DemocraticRepublican →Public Relations Specialists — 70% DemocraticWriters and Authors — 74% DemocraticArt Directors — 72% DemocraticCoaches and Scouts — 58% DemocraticGraphic Designers — 68% DemocraticDesigners, All Other — 69% DemocraticFilm and Video Editors — 72% DemocraticProducers and Directors — 74% DemocraticNews Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists — 73% DemocraticEditors — 72% DemocraticInterior Designers — 58% DemocraticMedia Technical Directors/Managers — 68% DemocraticPhotographers — 66% DemocraticMerchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers — 62% DemocraticMusicians and Singers — 62% DemocraticTechnical Writers — 64% DemocraticActors — 73% DemocraticCommercial and Industrial Designers — 63% DemocraticBroadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys — 65% DemocraticTalent Directors — 60% DemocraticMedia and Communication Workers, All Other — 73% DemocraticFashion Designers — 70% DemocraticEntertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other — 56% DemocraticPoets, Lyricists and Creative Writers — 73% DemocraticMusic Directors and Composers — 73% DemocraticSpecial Effects Artists and Animators — 74% DemocraticInterpreters and Translators — 70% DemocraticSound Engineering Technicians — 68% DemocraticAudio and Video Technicians — 64% DemocraticFine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators — 74% DemocraticSet and Exhibit Designers — 73% DemocraticCraft Artists — 72% DemocraticDisc Jockeys, Except Radio — 71% DemocraticArtists and Related Workers, All Other — 74% DemocraticDancers — 68% DemocraticCamera Operators, Television, Video, and Film — 68% DemocraticMedia Programming Directors — 68% DemocraticLighting Technicians — 63% DemocraticChoreographers — 73% DemocraticFloral Designers — 60% DemocraticUmpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials — 55% DemocraticCourt Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners — 60% DemocraticBroadcast Technicians — 60% DemocraticMedia and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other — 68% DemocraticAthletes and Sports Competitors — 55% Democratic0%25%50%75%100%
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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