A new survey of federal government managers proves the incoming administration’s point that there is a “deep state,” and it is aligned squarely with Democrats against the will of the majority of Americans.
A survey by Scott Rasmussen’s Napolitan Institute and RMG Research found that the vast majority of federal government managers are all levels are preparing to resist President-elect Donald Trump’s initiatives and policies despite the fact that he won a mandate election, Just the News reported.
The poll revealed that while a higher percentage of elites voted for Harris compared to federal government managers, elite voters are still more inclined to support Trump than federal managers.
The survey categorized voters into three groups: federal government managers, the Elite 1%, and Main Street Americans.
The survey categorized voters into three groups: federal government managers, the Elite 1%, and Main Street Americans.
Federal government managers are defined as federal employees residing in the D.C. area with an annual salary of at least $75,000. The Elite 1% includes individuals living in densely populated areas with at least 10,000 people per square mile in their zip codes. They hold postgraduate degrees, earn more than $150,000 annually, and represent approximately 1% of the U.S. population. Main Street Americans are those who do not share any of the defining traits of the Elite 1%, the outlet reported, citing the polling parameters.
According to the poll, 45% of federal government managers voted for Trump, compared to 52% for Harris. Only 44% of this group expressed support for his administration, while 42% stated they intend to resist. Among those who voted for Harris, 80% said they plan to resist Trump’s administration, with just 1% indicating they would offer some level of support.
Among the Elite 1%, 34% voted for Trump, while 64% supported Harris. Of this group, 48% said they would support Trump as the new president, while 39% stated they would resist his administration.
In contrast, overall voter data showed 50% cast their ballots for Trump. Of all voters, 56% intend to support his administration, with only 29% saying they would resist him.
“We talk about politics, and government by consent of the governed, but the narrative is dominated by the elites,” Rasmussen said during a Napolitan Institute webinar on Thursday. “So the more that President Trump can begin to either neutralize or win over some of these elites, there’s a real chance to change the narrative.”
He also said that he believes the support of Trump by the elite 1% is “tepid and also as reflecting, ‘let’s see how things go.’”
In the survey, 89% of Republican federal government managers expressed support for Trump, while 73% of Democratic managers indicated they would resist.
“Given that there are similar numbers of Republicans and Democrats in the ranks of Federal Government Managers, this partisan divide may well foreshadow a turbulent time of conflict within the government itself,” according to the report.
Only 17% of Democratic federal government managers who voted for Harris said they would follow an order from Trump, while 64% said they would ignore it and do what they thought was the right thing to do, Just the News added.
Rasmussen argued that directly working with the resistance of federal government managers “is a losing effort,” and a “fight that will need to be carried out with Republican officials, learning how to be successful in countering some of those Democratic efforts.”
“But the biggest way to address those problems with the federal government managers who are going to be resisting is to succeed,” he also said.
“If the economy is getting better, and if the border is getting secure, voters will rally around the Trump administration in a significant way,” he noted further. “If that happens and there’s a lot of outreach to this elite world, ways to begin to shift the narrative, that will have an impact on the federal government managers.”
Further highlighting the disconnect between federal government managers and ordinary Americans, Just the news reported:
Voters were also asked an open-ended question about their top issues. The economy was the top issue for 40% of Main Street American voters, compared to 18% for federal government managers and 26% for the elite 1%.
Top issues for federal government managers included guns and crime (10%), climate change (6%), education (5%), equality (5%), and cybersecurity (5%), which were not mentioned by even 1% of any other voter category.
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