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Poll: 25 percent of federal employees would quit under Trump presidency
Politico ^ | 1 February 2016 | Nick Gass

Posted on 02/01/2016 1:40:15 PM PST by Rockitz

About 1-in-4 federal employees would consider leaving their jobs if Donald Trump is elected president, according the results of a recent survey conducted by the Government Business Council.

Overall, about 2-in-3, or 67 percent said they would not think about leaving the federal government if Trump becomes president, but 14 percent said they would and 11 percent said they would "maybe" leave. Just 8 percent said they did not know. The share of Democrats who said they would leave is higher, with 42 percent indicating that they would exit or could exit.

Among all of those surveyed, 59 percent said they would be embarrassed to have Trump as president, compared to 49 percent who said the same for Hillary Clinton, 45 percent who would be embarrassed with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, 37 percent with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and just 20 percent for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.

Of those surveyed, 42 percent identified as Republicans, 31 percent as Democrats, while 8 percent said they did not know and 19 percent declined to state.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; elections; iowa; layoffs; newyork; trump; trumprebellion
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To: Rockitz
Poll: 25 percent of federal employees would quit under Trump presidency

OMG! You people are going to talk me into supporting Trump! Cutting 25% of the Federal government in one fell swoop?

I doubt we could do that well in any probable scenario.

Of course I don't believe them, but they had my heart beating fast for a moment. :)

41 posted on 02/01/2016 1:46:17 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Rockitz

Man! That sounds like a GREAT start to a huge problem being solved!

GO TRUMP!

This action alone would be worth the price of admission.


42 posted on 02/01/2016 1:46:19 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: Rockitz

If that’s all The Donald accomplished as POTUS, I’d call that a straight up win. Hell, it’d put him in the running for best Pres ever.


43 posted on 02/01/2016 1:46:20 PM PST by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: RavenLooneyToon

Oh, HELL yeah! Works for me!!


44 posted on 02/01/2016 1:46:23 PM PST by lentulusgracchus ("If America was a house , the Left would root for the termites." - Greg Gutierrez)
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To: Rockitz

No they wouldn’t


45 posted on 02/01/2016 1:46:34 PM PST by uncitizen (TRUMP THE SYSTEM)
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To: JLS

My BS meter is pegged!


46 posted on 02/01/2016 1:46:35 PM PST by King Hawk
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To: Rockitz
Yep, close those positions after they're gone, and presto, a 25% reduction in the government workforce. Sounds like a good beginning.
47 posted on 02/01/2016 1:46:39 PM PST by Major Matt Mason (Those that can, do, those that can't, work in the Beltway.)
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To: Rockitz

I’m voting at least once upon hearing the good news.


48 posted on 02/01/2016 1:46:39 PM PST by tshaun
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To: Rockitz

Can I get a HALLELUJAH?


49 posted on 02/01/2016 1:46:40 PM PST by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: mountainlion

Why would they leave, it is a rare thing when government workers keep their word or act honorably.


50 posted on 02/01/2016 1:46:40 PM PST by Hulka
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To: Rockitz

688 employees were in the poll. But you have to read the numbers for the other candidates. When will pollsters admit that people lie their a***** off in these polls.


51 posted on 02/01/2016 1:46:42 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Rockitz

Remember, this is Politico....Truer words!


52 posted on 02/01/2016 1:46:42 PM PST by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: Rockitz

ELECT THE DONALD......
Cut government
Reduce Taxes


53 posted on 02/01/2016 1:46:43 PM PST by deport
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To: Rockitz
Oh, no. What'll we do? Please don't talk a bunch of your co-workers into quitting, too.
That'd show us.
54 posted on 02/01/2016 1:46:53 PM PST by TangoLimaSierra (To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are. Go Ted.)
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To: Rockitz

Well, maybe I might vote for Trump.

Seriously, they are all a bunch of liberal liars. They’re not getting off the government teat no matter who is President.

Any more than Whoopie Goldberg, Michael Moore and the rest of the oxygen wasters in Hollywood are leaving the US.

These people emit more methane than my butt. And I love kimchi.


55 posted on 02/01/2016 1:47:01 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: Rockitz

RE: Poll: 25 percent of federal employees would quit under Trump presidency

If that is true, I’d vote for Trump ( even when he is not my choice today ). That alone would be worth it.


56 posted on 02/01/2016 1:47:02 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: Rockitz

Good! It saves him the trouble of having to fire them.


57 posted on 02/01/2016 1:47:07 PM PST by Windcatcher (Obama is a COMMUNIST and the MSM is his armband-wearing propaganda machine.)
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To: Rockitz

A dream come true!


58 posted on 02/01/2016 1:47:12 PM PST by dforest
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To: Rockitz

GOOD !!

It will take less time to root out the marxists if they quit voluntarily.


59 posted on 02/01/2016 1:47:29 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Angels27

Notice they don’t say this about Cruz because, either

a) Cruz doesn’t threaten their jobs or

b) they don’t think Cruz COULD threaten their jobs.


60 posted on 02/01/2016 1:47:31 PM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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