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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

GOPDD: See how many federal employees would consider quitting if Trump becomes president!

By Clyde - Feb 3, 2016

If you want to make America great again, culling a quarter of the federal work force ain’t the worst place to start. To sweeten the pot further: It’s mostly Democratic federal workers who’d consider quitting.

Trump’s overall favorable rating among federal workers is 33/64, although that’s actually slightly better than Ted Cruz’s at 30/62. On the other hand, when asked whether each candidate’s election to the presidency would cause them to feel pride or embarrassment, Cruz did slightly better (or slightly less bad) at 21/45 than Trump did at 22/59. I’m surprised that general opinion among workers overall is basically ambivalent in a choice between Trump and Cruz. Cruz would slash government; Trump would, in theory, make it “better,” and “better” usually means bigger and more powerful. If you’re a federal employee, who’s more of a threat to your job security? Maybe partly for that reason, when Republican workers and leaners are asked who they prefer in the primary, Trump leads Cruz 32/17.