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Orthoptists

SOC 29-1299.02 · 491 matched workers · high confidence

Strong Democratic lean
64.8% Democratic, 35.2% Republican

Two-party shares across 491 workers in this occupation matched to voter registration records.

64.8%
35.2%
DemocraticRepublican
Imputed
64.4% D · 35.6% R
Includes lean for unaffiliated registrants
Major group
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations
SOC major code 29-0000
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Where Orthoptists falls

More Democratic than 81% of occupations in Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations.

← DemocraticRepublican →Registered Nurses — 56% DemocraticPatient Representatives — 66% DemocraticClinical Nurse Specialists — 54% DemocraticPharmacists — 56% DemocraticCritical Care Nurses — 57% DemocraticPhysician Assistants — 58% DemocraticAllergists and Immunologists — 57% DemocraticLicensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses — 58% DemocraticNurse Practitioners — 53% DemocraticPhysical Therapists — 56% DemocraticPharmacy Technicians — 67% DemocraticAcute Care Nurses — 59% DemocraticGeneral Internal Medicine Physicians — 63% DemocraticSpeech-Language Pathologists — 63% DemocraticMedical Records Specialists — 58% DemocraticDietitians and Nutritionists — 60% DemocraticEmergency Medical Technicians — 54% DemocraticDiagnostic Medical Sonographers — 52% DemocraticRadiologic Technologists and Technicians — 52% DemocraticMedical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians — 66% DemocraticMedical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists — 61% DemocraticDentists, General — 50% DemocraticVeterinarians — 61% DemocraticParamedics — 43% DemocraticRespiratory Therapists — 53% DemocraticHealth Information Technologists and Medical Registrars — 58% DemocraticNurse Midwives — 56% DemocraticAdvanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses — 69% DemocraticVeterinary Technologists and Technicians — 63% DemocraticMagnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists — 50% DemocraticPreventive Medicine Physicians — 58% DemocraticSurgical Assistants — 59% DemocraticHealth Technologists and Technicians, All Other — 61% DemocraticPediatricians, General — 66% DemocraticDental Hygienists — 47% DemocraticPhysicians, All Other — 65% DemocraticOrthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric — 47% DemocraticPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians — 52% DemocraticAthletic Trainers — 55% DemocraticOptometrists — 56% DemocraticCardiologists — 52% DemocraticSurgeons, All Other — 56% DemocraticHealthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other — 58% DemocraticUrologists — 62% DemocraticHospitalists — 57% DemocraticChiropractors — 44% DemocraticRadiologists — 52% DemocraticHealthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other — 59% DemocraticPsychiatrists — 73% DemocraticOccupational Therapists — 63% DemocraticFamily Medicine Physicians — 63% DemocraticEmergency Medicine Physicians — 59% DemocraticCytogenetic Technologists — 62% DemocraticNeurologists — 64% DemocraticAcupuncturists — 59% DemocraticCardiovascular Technologists and Technicians — 52% DemocraticAnesthesiologists — 55% DemocraticOpticians, Dispensing — 59% DemocraticArt Therapists — 71% DemocraticNeurodiagnostic Technologists — 60% DemocraticMidwives — 70% DemocraticExercise Physiologists — 57% DemocraticAudiologists — 57% DemocraticOphthalmic Medical Technicians — 65% DemocraticOphthalmic Medical Technologists — 65% DemocraticMedical Dosimetrists — 55% DemocraticSurgical Technologists — 58% DemocraticNurse Anesthetists — 50% DemocraticDietetic Technicians — 67% DemocraticAnesthesiologist Assistants — 47% DemocraticNuclear Medicine Technologists — 50% DemocraticObstetricians and Gynecologists — 67% DemocraticPhysicians, Pathologists — 71% DemocraticGenetic Counselors — 77% DemocraticRecreational Therapists — 68% DemocraticRadiation Therapists — 53% DemocraticLow Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists — 64% DemocraticOphthalmologists, Except Pediatric — 55% DemocraticCytotechnologists — 62% DemocraticProsthodontists — 44% DemocraticSports Medicine Physicians — 52% DemocraticMusic Therapists — 72% DemocraticNaturopathic Physicians — 60% DemocraticOrthotists and Prosthetists — 53% DemocraticHistotechnologists — 64% DemocraticOral and Maxillofacial Surgeons — 50% DemocraticTherapists, All Other — 62% DemocraticPediatric Surgeons — 72% DemocraticHistology Technicians — 63% DemocraticHearing Aid Specialists — 50% DemocraticPodiatrists — 50% DemocraticDermatologists — 48% DemocraticDentists, All Other Specialists — 46% DemocraticOrthodontists — 55% DemocraticOrthoptists — 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