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Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products

SOC 41-4011.00 · 180,032 matched workers · high confidence

Strong Republican lean
37.9% Democratic, 62.1% Republican

Two-party shares across 180,032 workers in this occupation matched to voter registration records.

37.9%
62.1%
DemocraticRepublican
Imputed
39.7% D · 60.3% R
Includes lean for unaffiliated registrants
Major group
Sales and Related Occupations
SOC major code 41-0000
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Where Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products falls

Among the most Republican-leaning occupations in Sales and Related Occupations (100th percentile).

← DemocraticRepublican →Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products — 46% DemocraticReal Estate Sales Agents — 46% DemocraticSales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel — 51% DemocraticFirst-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers — 60% DemocraticRetail Salespersons — 62% DemocraticAdvertising Sales Agents — 54% DemocraticSales Engineers — 48% DemocraticSecurities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents — 45% DemocraticInsurance Sales Agents — 45% DemocraticSales and Related Workers, All Other — 45% DemocraticDemonstrators and Product Promoters — 60% DemocraticReal Estate Brokers — 44% DemocraticParts Salespersons — 42% DemocraticFirst-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers — 54% DemocraticCashiers — 67% DemocraticCounter and Rental Clerks — 53% DemocraticDoor-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers — 41% DemocraticTravel Agents — 58% DemocraticTelemarketers — 65% DemocraticGambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers — 68% DemocraticSolar Sales Representatives and Assessors — 48% DemocraticModels — 69% DemocraticSales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products — 38% 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