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Federal News Radio
Getting in
touch with your inner voter
By Mike Causey
When it comes to politics, do federal workers favor one party over
another? Are U.S. Postal Service workers more likely to vote Democratic
than workers at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission? If so, how come?
Does working for the Defense Department, the Department of Homeland
Security or the Justice Department make it more likely that you will be
a Republican? If so, do you know something folks at the General
Services Administration don't know?
Do federal workers change their politics, and voting patterns, when
they retire? If so, how come? Did they finally grow up and see the
light and if so, which party do they see as best leading the country?
If the major party political candidates next year are Hillary Clinton
for the Democrats and Jeb Bush for the Republicans, which one can count
on the vote from employees at the Environmental Protection Agency, and
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission? Would that change if the
candidates were Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Gov. Scott Walker
(R-Wis.)?
If the 2016 national election is so close it hinges on just a small
number of votes in a few states, would headquarters employees at the
departments of Interior and Agriculture vote Democratic in Virginia and
Maryland, while field workers in Utah and Colorado went Republican?
Statistically, we know how many federal workers there are. And where
feds choose to live in retirement. We know which states they live in,
and which congressional districts have large numbers of federal and
postal workers, and retirees. But we — meaning me and probably you too
— don't know how and who they vote for…
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