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0 pointsdragonwriter4y ago0 comments

> I think 2020 is more representative

The historical chart on my first link shows that 2020 is wildly nonrepresentative.

Unless you think that Trump vs. the present Democratic party is somehow a new stable political alignment.

> I'd say the Federal civil service starts at Health and Human Services and below.

It does not. Department of State and USPS are largely federal civil service, whereas Los Angeles County and the City of New York are entirely not, for instance.

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wrycoder4y ago

Well, look at 2018 compared to 2020 - they are similar.

State and the USPS are a little different - State looks outwards, unlike the rest of the agencies, and the USPS is quasi civil service and a bit of a political football. Not only that, but it has a strong local presence across the country.

The rest of the agencies are, unfortunately, politicized and biased.

Edit: Not all the charts in your link show cumulative data.

But, look at the chart for "Party Split, 1990-2022" in the election years - that's when the civil service donates heavily to get "their party" into power: 2012: Dem 69% 2016: Dem 77% 2020: Dem 76%

That chart includes both "Public Officials" and "Civil Servants". The former group is far more balanced, since the Republican/Democratic split is pretty even. If there was a similar chart for just the Civil Servants, it would be a lot more biased.

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