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Occupation · Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations

Forest and Conservation Workers

SOC 45-4011.00 · 1,856 matched workers · high confidence

Strong Democratic lean
60.3% Democratic, 39.7% Republican

Two-party shares across 1,856 workers in this occupation matched to voter registration records.

60.3%
39.7%
DemocraticRepublican
Imputed
58.7% D · 41.3% R
Includes lean for unaffiliated registrants
Major group
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations
SOC major code 45-0000
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Where Forest and Conservation Workers falls

More Democratic than 83% of occupations in Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations.

← DemocraticRepublican →Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse — 60% DemocraticGraders and Sorters, Agricultural Products — 66% DemocraticLogging Workers, All Other — 50% DemocraticFarmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals — 56% DemocraticFishing and Hunting Workers — 51% DemocraticAgricultural Inspectors — 47% DemocraticAgricultural Workers, All Other — 52% DemocraticFallers — 57% DemocraticAnimal Breeders — 48% DemocraticFirst-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers — 47% DemocraticAgricultural Equipment Operators — 57% DemocraticForest and Conservation Workers — 60% 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