A friend of mine told me that firefighters, generally, are politically left, while policemen, generally, are politically right.
I've been looking for any kind of study that would address this. The rationale was that firefighters tend to be unionized, and that's somehow indicative that they would be "left".
This was aggravated by the fact that the International Association of Firefighters has just endorsed Biden. (Many people don't realize that the vast majority of American firefighters and fire departments are volunteer! (70 and 85% respectively, from one source)
(Since it would be the bigger - in the minority - firehouses that are unionized, that could well distort any survey)
There's currently a battle in Houston where the firefighters have been voted a raise to equivalency with police pay and benefits, and there are a lot of politics involved in that.
The overwhelming unscientific 'survey' (opinions) I'm seeing tends to show that police and fire members are largely republican and/or conservative.
I'd like to know if there's any actual study out there on this.
And... THIS IS NOT AN "I HATE TRUMP" THREAD - take that somewhere else.
I've been looking for any kind of study that would address this. The rationale was that firefighters tend to be unionized, and that's somehow indicative that they would be "left".
This was aggravated by the fact that the International Association of Firefighters has just endorsed Biden. (Many people don't realize that the vast majority of American firefighters and fire departments are volunteer! (70 and 85% respectively, from one source)
(Since it would be the bigger - in the minority - firehouses that are unionized, that could well distort any survey)
There's currently a battle in Houston where the firefighters have been voted a raise to equivalency with police pay and benefits, and there are a lot of politics involved in that.
The overwhelming unscientific 'survey' (opinions) I'm seeing tends to show that police and fire members are largely republican and/or conservative.
I'd like to know if there's any actual study out there on this.
And... THIS IS NOT AN "I HATE TRUMP" THREAD - take that somewhere else.
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