Democrats are more politically segregated than Republicans in the workplace
A recent study by Justin Frake, Reuben Hurst, and Max Kagan, published in Nature Human Behaviour, analyzes workplace political segregation in the United States using data from over 45 million workers. The study finds that partisans are segregated by workplace, with the average Democrat's coworkers being 11.7 percentage points more Democratic than the average Republican's. After controlling for geography, industry, and occupation, segregation drops to 2.9 percentage points, comparable to gender segregation. Segregation is highest among political donors and senior executives. Notably, Republicans experience higher exposure to Democrats than vice versa, and political segregation has remained relatively stable from 2012 to 2024. The findings highlight the political echo chambers within American workplaces.
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