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Cooks, Short Order

SOC 35-2015.00 · 1,570 matched workers · high confidence

Strong Democratic lean
65.3% Democratic, 34.7% Republican

Two-party shares across 1,570 workers in this occupation matched to voter registration records.

65.3%
34.7%
DemocraticRepublican
Imputed
63.9% D · 36.1% R
Includes lean for unaffiliated registrants
Major group
Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations
SOC major code 35-0000
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Where Cooks, Short Order falls

More Republican than 83% of occupations in Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations.

← DemocraticRepublican →Waiters and Waitresses — 66% DemocraticFast Food and Counter Workers — 69% DemocraticHosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop — 69% DemocraticChefs and Head Cooks — 65% DemocraticBartenders — 65% DemocraticFirst-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers — 65% DemocraticBaristas — 75% DemocraticCooks, All Other — 68% DemocraticFood Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other — 67% DemocraticFood Preparation Workers — 69% DemocraticDining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers — 65% DemocraticFood Servers, Nonrestaurant — 67% DemocraticCooks, Private Household — 64% DemocraticDishwashers — 66% DemocraticCooks, Restaurant — 67% DemocraticCooks, Institution and Cafeteria — 68% DemocraticCooks, Fast Food — 69% DemocraticCooks, Short Order — 65% 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