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Biological Technicians

SOC 19-4021.00 · 61,582 matched workers · high confidence

Strong Democratic lean
68.0% Democratic, 32.0% Republican

Two-party shares across 61,582 workers in this occupation matched to voter registration records.

68.0%
32.0%
DemocraticRepublican
Imputed
67.8% D · 32.2% R
Includes lean for unaffiliated registrants
Major group
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
SOC major code 19-0000
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Where Biological Technicians falls

Near the middle of occupations in Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (46th percentile).

← DemocraticRepublican →Social Science Research Assistants — 76% DemocraticBiological Scientists, All Other — 72% DemocraticMolecular and Cellular Biologists — 76% DemocraticOccupational Health and Safety Technicians — 46% DemocraticQuality Control Analysts — 61% DemocraticSchool Psychologists — 72% DemocraticUrban and Regional Planners — 62% DemocraticClimate Change Policy Analysts — 79% DemocraticLife Scientists, All Other — 76% DemocraticChemists — 63% DemocraticMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists — 76% DemocraticOccupational Health and Safety Specialists — 45% DemocraticGeoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers — 57% DemocraticHistorians — 77% DemocraticAstronomers — 69% DemocraticClinical and Counseling Psychologists — 75% DemocraticEpidemiologists — 74% DemocraticBiochemists and Biophysicists — 74% DemocraticEnvironmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health — 67% DemocraticAnimal Scientists — 71% DemocraticIndustrial Ecologists — 74% DemocraticPolitical Scientists — 80% DemocraticPark Naturalists — 69% DemocraticZoologists and Wildlife Biologists — 74% DemocraticConservation Scientists — 70% DemocraticPsychologists, All Other — 77% DemocraticEnvironmental Restoration Planners — 71% DemocraticChemical Technicians — 59% DemocraticTransportation Planners — 63% DemocraticFood Scientists and Technologists — 59% DemocraticEconomists — 73% DemocraticMaterials Scientists — 63% DemocraticBioinformatics Scientists — 77% DemocraticClinical Neuropsychologists — 76% DemocraticSurvey Researchers — 82% DemocraticMicrobiologists — 65% DemocraticLife, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other — 61% DemocraticBiologists — 69% DemocraticEnvironmental Economists — 72% DemocraticForensic Science Technicians — 60% DemocraticAtmospheric and Space Scientists — 52% DemocraticPhysicists — 69% DemocraticGeneticists — 68% DemocraticIndustrial-Organizational Psychologists — 67% DemocraticEnvironmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health — 61% DemocraticSociologists — 73% DemocraticForest and Conservation Technicians — 60% DemocraticSocial Scientists and Related Workers, All Other — 75% DemocraticNeuropsychologists — 77% DemocraticHydrologic Technicians — 60% DemocraticNuclear Monitoring Technicians — 48% DemocraticHydrologists — 71% DemocraticFood Science Technicians — 64% DemocraticAgricultural Technicians — 49% DemocraticAnthropologists and Archeologists — 78% DemocraticGeological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians — 53% DemocraticSoil and Plant Scientists — 66% DemocraticPhysical Scientists, All Other — 70% DemocraticForesters — 55% DemocraticRemote Sensing Scientists and Technologists — 68% DemocraticNuclear Technicians — 44% DemocraticGeographers — 76% DemocraticRemote Sensing Technicians — 59% DemocraticPrecision Agriculture Technicians — 40% DemocraticBiological Technicians — 68% Democratic0%25%50%75%100%
Each dot is one of the 64 other occupations in Life, Physical, and Social Science 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