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Software Developers

SOC 15-1252.00 · 506,677 matched workers · high confidence

Strong Democratic lean
65.2% Democratic, 34.8% Republican

Two-party shares across 506,677 workers in this occupation matched to voter registration records.

65.2%
34.8%
DemocraticRepublican
Imputed
65.9% D · 34.1% R
Includes lean for unaffiliated registrants
Major group
Computer and Mathematical Occupations
SOC major code 15-0000
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Where Software Developers falls

More Democratic than 71% of occupations in Computer and Mathematical Occupations.

← DemocraticRepublican →Information Technology Project Managers — 56% DemocraticBusiness Intelligence Analysts — 62% DemocraticComputer User Support Specialists — 61% DemocraticComputer Systems Engineers/Architects — 56% DemocraticComputer Systems Analysts — 55% DemocraticSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers — 62% DemocraticNetwork and Computer Systems Administrators — 54% DemocraticData Scientists — 71% DemocraticWeb and Digital Interface Designers — 73% DemocraticComputer Network Support Specialists — 53% DemocraticInformation Security Engineers — 54% DemocraticDatabase Architects — 58% DemocraticComputer Network Architects — 51% DemocraticWeb Developers — 66% DemocraticInformation Security Analysts — 57% DemocraticData Warehousing Specialists — 58% DemocraticComputer Programmers — 55% DemocraticHealth Informatics Specialists — 57% DemocraticComputer and Information Research Scientists — 71% DemocraticTelecommunications Engineering Specialists — 48% DemocraticClinical Data Managers — 61% DemocraticDatabase Administrators — 54% DemocraticBlockchain Engineers — 63% DemocraticStatisticians — 71% DemocraticDocument Management Specialists — 59% DemocraticGeographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians — 63% DemocraticActuaries — 56% DemocraticWeb Administrators — 63% DemocraticDigital Forensics Analysts — 57% DemocraticPenetration Testers — 60% DemocraticVideo Game Designers — 74% DemocraticOperations Research Analysts — 55% DemocraticBiostatisticians — 69% DemocraticBioinformatics Technicians — 68% DemocraticComputer Occupations, All Other — 60% DemocraticMathematical Science Occupations, All Other — 73% DemocraticMathematicians — 66% DemocraticSoftware Developers — 65% Democratic0%25%50%75%100%
Each dot is one of the 37 other occupations in Computer and Mathematical 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