Nearly 60 Percent of Federal Employees Disapprove of Trump’s Transition

Government Executive: The majority of federal employees disapprove of the way President-elect Donald Trump is handling the transition process, according to a new poll, and just one-third think he will be at least partly effective at managing government.

Nearly six in 10 federal workers expressed disapproval of Trump’s transition in a Government Business Council/GovExec.com survey, with 27 percent expressing approval. Sixty-two percent of feds ultimately voted for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, while 28 percent voted for Trump. Clinton widened her lead significantly over Trump from July, when the same survey found her holding just a 5 percent lead over her Republican opponent, and dwarfed even the 19-point lead she held as of October.

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