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Healthcare Social Workers

SOC 21-1022.00 · 38,142 matched workers · high confidence

Strong Democratic lean
68.8% Democratic, 31.2% Republican

Two-party shares across 38,142 workers in this occupation matched to voter registration records.

68.8%
31.2%
DemocraticRepublican
Imputed
68.2% D · 31.8% R
Includes lean for unaffiliated registrants
Major group
Community and Social Service Occupations
SOC major code 21-0000
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Where Healthcare Social Workers falls

Near the middle of occupations in Community and Social Service Occupations (44th 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% DemocraticHealth Education Specialists — 71% DemocraticClergy — 38% 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% DemocraticHealthcare Social Workers — 69% 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