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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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