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Clergy

SOC 21-2011.00 · 26,095 matched workers · high confidence

Strong Republican lean
37.7% Democratic, 62.3% Republican

Two-party shares across 26,095 workers in this occupation matched to voter registration records.

37.7%
62.3%
DemocraticRepublican
Imputed
38.1% D · 61.9% R
Includes lean for unaffiliated registrants
Major group
Community and Social Service Occupations
SOC major code 21-0000
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Where Clergy falls

Among the most Republican-leaning occupations in Community and Social Service Occupations (100th percentile).

← DemocraticRepublican →Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors — 70% DemocraticDirectors, Religious Activities and Education — 60% DemocraticMental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers — 73% DemocraticSocial and Human Service Assistants — 72% DemocraticCommunity and Social Service Specialists, All Other — 73% DemocraticMarriage and Family Therapists — 75% DemocraticCounselors, All Other — 71% DemocraticChild, Family, and School Social Workers — 73% DemocraticSocial Workers, All Other — 76% DemocraticHealthcare Social Workers — 69% DemocraticHealth Education Specialists — 71% DemocraticMental Health Counselors — 67% DemocraticCommunity Health Workers — 69% DemocraticProbation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists — 65% DemocraticReligious Workers, All Other — 49% DemocraticSubstance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors — 69% DemocraticRehabilitation Counselors — 65% DemocraticClergy — 38% Democratic0%25%50%75%100%
Each dot is one of the 17 other occupations in Community and Social Service 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