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Social Science Research Assistants

SOC 19-4061.00 · 184,799 matched workers · high confidence

Strong Democratic lean
75.7% Democratic, 24.3% Republican

Two-party shares across 184,799 workers in this occupation matched to voter registration records.

75.7%
24.3%
DemocraticRepublican
Imputed
75.6% D · 24.4% R
Includes lean for unaffiliated registrants
Major group
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
SOC major code 19-0000
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Where Social Science Research Assistants falls

More Democratic than 80% of occupations in Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations.

← DemocraticRepublican →Biological Scientists, All Other — 72% DemocraticBiological Technicians — 68% DemocraticMolecular and Cellular Biologists — 76% DemocraticOccupational Health and Safety Technicians — 46% DemocraticQuality Control Analysts — 61% DemocraticSchool Psychologists — 72% DemocraticUrban and Regional Planners — 62% DemocraticClimate Change Policy Analysts — 79% DemocraticLife Scientists, All Other — 76% DemocraticChemists — 63% DemocraticMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists — 76% DemocraticOccupational Health and Safety Specialists — 45% DemocraticGeoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers — 57% DemocraticHistorians — 77% DemocraticAstronomers — 69% DemocraticClinical and Counseling Psychologists — 75% DemocraticEpidemiologists — 74% DemocraticBiochemists and Biophysicists — 74% DemocraticEnvironmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health — 67% DemocraticAnimal Scientists — 71% DemocraticIndustrial Ecologists — 74% DemocraticPolitical Scientists — 80% DemocraticPark Naturalists — 69% DemocraticZoologists and Wildlife Biologists — 74% DemocraticConservation Scientists — 70% DemocraticPsychologists, All Other — 77% DemocraticEnvironmental Restoration Planners — 71% DemocraticChemical Technicians — 59% DemocraticTransportation Planners — 63% DemocraticFood Scientists and Technologists — 59% DemocraticEconomists — 73% DemocraticMaterials Scientists — 63% DemocraticBioinformatics Scientists — 77% DemocraticClinical Neuropsychologists — 76% DemocraticSurvey Researchers — 82% DemocraticMicrobiologists — 65% DemocraticLife, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other — 61% DemocraticBiologists — 69% DemocraticEnvironmental Economists — 72% DemocraticForensic Science Technicians — 60% DemocraticAtmospheric and Space Scientists — 52% DemocraticPhysicists — 69% DemocraticGeneticists — 68% DemocraticIndustrial-Organizational Psychologists — 67% DemocraticEnvironmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health — 61% DemocraticSociologists — 73% DemocraticForest and Conservation Technicians — 60% DemocraticSocial Scientists and Related Workers, All Other — 75% DemocraticNeuropsychologists — 77% DemocraticHydrologic Technicians — 60% DemocraticNuclear Monitoring Technicians — 48% DemocraticHydrologists — 71% DemocraticFood Science Technicians — 64% DemocraticAgricultural Technicians — 49% DemocraticAnthropologists and Archeologists — 78% DemocraticGeological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians — 53% DemocraticSoil and Plant Scientists — 66% DemocraticPhysical Scientists, All Other — 70% DemocraticForesters — 55% DemocraticRemote Sensing Scientists and Technologists — 68% DemocraticNuclear Technicians — 44% DemocraticGeographers — 76% DemocraticRemote Sensing Technicians — 59% DemocraticPrecision Agriculture Technicians — 40% DemocraticSocial Science Research Assistants — 76% 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