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Substitute Teachers, Short-Term

SOC 25-3031.00 · 64,481 matched workers · high confidence

Strong Democratic lean
63.2% Democratic, 36.8% Republican

Two-party shares across 64,481 workers in this occupation matched to voter registration records.

63.2%
36.8%
DemocraticRepublican
Imputed
63.3% D · 36.7% R
Includes lean for unaffiliated registrants
Major group
Educational Instruction and Library Occupations
SOC major code 25-0000
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Where Substitute Teachers, Short-Term falls

More Republican than 74% of occupations in Educational Instruction and Library Occupations.

← DemocraticRepublican →Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education — 64% DemocraticKindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education — 60% DemocraticPhysics Teachers, Postsecondary — 72% DemocraticAdult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors — 64% DemocraticPostsecondary Teachers, All Other — 65% DemocraticArt, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary — 71% DemocraticCareer/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School — 66% DemocraticPreschool Teachers, Except Special Education — 66% DemocraticTeaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education — 71% DemocraticInstructional Coordinators — 65% DemocraticSociology Teachers, Postsecondary — 64% DemocraticTeaching Assistants, Special Education — 65% DemocraticSpecial Education Teachers, All Other — 64% DemocraticHealth Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary — 66% DemocraticArea, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary — 72% DemocraticTutors — 70% DemocraticSelf-Enrichment Teachers — 63% DemocraticLibrarians and Media Collections Specialists — 75% DemocraticTeaching Assistants, All Other — 72% DemocraticCommunications Teachers, Postsecondary — 73% DemocraticBiological Science Teachers, Postsecondary — 73% DemocraticComputer Science Teachers, Postsecondary — 62% DemocraticEnglish Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary — 74% DemocraticElementary School Teachers, Except Special Education — 65% DemocraticNursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary — 52% DemocraticSocial Work Teachers, Postsecondary — 70% DemocraticMuseum Technicians and Conservators — 80% DemocraticForeign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary — 70% DemocraticSpecial Education Teachers, Secondary School — 64% DemocraticTeaching Assistants, Postsecondary — 66% DemocraticEconomics Teachers, Postsecondary — 60% DemocraticEngineering Teachers, Postsecondary — 54% DemocraticChemistry Teachers, Postsecondary — 66% DemocraticArchitecture Teachers, Postsecondary — 74% DemocraticLaw Teachers, Postsecondary — 72% DemocraticHistory Teachers, Postsecondary — 74% DemocraticBusiness Teachers, Postsecondary — 61% DemocraticFarm and Home Management Educators — 59% DemocraticArchivists — 76% DemocraticMathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary — 65% DemocraticPsychology Teachers, Postsecondary — 74% DemocraticEducation Teachers, Postsecondary — 68% DemocraticPolitical Science Teachers, Postsecondary — 77% DemocraticRecreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary — 64% DemocraticTeachers and Instructors, All Other — 60% DemocraticEducational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other — 67% DemocraticPhilosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary — 50% DemocraticForestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary — 72% DemocraticCriminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary — 46% DemocraticAnthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary — 81% DemocraticSocial Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other — 72% DemocraticCareer/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary — 44% DemocraticLibrary Technicians — 74% DemocraticMiddle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education — 62% DemocraticEnvironmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary — 70% DemocraticCurators — 82% DemocraticAdapted Physical Education Specialists — 60% DemocraticAgricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary — 50% DemocraticFamily and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary — 54% DemocraticCareer/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School — 57% DemocraticSpecial Education Teachers, Middle School — 65% DemocraticGeography Teachers, Postsecondary — 66% DemocraticLibrary Science Teachers, Postsecondary — 81% DemocraticAtmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary — 45% DemocraticSubstitute Teachers, Short-Term — 63% 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