{"id":2329267,"date":"2024-08-22T14:30:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T18:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/most-swamp-managers-say-voters-dont-matter-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T14:35:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T18:35:15","slug":"most-swamp-managers-say-voters-dont-matter-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/most-swamp-managers-say-voters-dont-matter-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Most \u2018swamp\u2019 managers say voters don\u2019t matter &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmost-swamp-managers-say-voters-dont-matter-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2329267&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A recent \u2064survey \u2064conducted by the Napolitan Institute reveals a significant disconnect \u200dbetween federal managers in Washington and public opinion, particularly regarding the imposition of new regulations. The survey found that 54% of federal government managers would disregard overwhelming voter\u200b opposition when implementing new \u200cregulations based on their\u2062 research, while only\u200b 35% would heed the wishes of voters. \u2064This trend reflects an ongoing belief among many federal managers that \u2062citizens have &#8220;too much individual freedom.&#8221; Critics, including \u2063regulation experts, have condemned this attitude, suggesting it \u200cunderscores the arrogance of\u200c the administrative state, which prioritizes expert rule over democratic input. The\u2064 findings align with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-impotent-rage-of-liz-cheney\/\" title=\"Liz Cheney&#039;s powerless anger\">broader political discourse surrounding<\/a>\u2063 the Biden administration&#8217;s \u2064reliance on executive orders to bypass Congress\u200b and voter sentiments, contrasting sharply with former President Donald Trump&#8217;s push to reduce regulations and empower civilian oversight within federal agencies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Most &lsquo;swamp&rsquo; managers say voters don&rsquo;t matter<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1736034\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Washington&rsquo;s bureaucracy, expanded and emboldened by the Biden-Harris administration, feels so secure that most managers would impose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/regulation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>new regulations<\/a> even if voters &ldquo;overwhelmingly&rdquo; rejected their plans.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest sign of the disconnect between Washington&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/the-swamp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>swamp<\/a>&rdquo; and the rest of the country, 54% of federal government managers would defy voters to do what they want, according to a new <a href=\"https:\/\/napolitaninstitute.org\/\" title>Napolitan Institute<\/a> survey conducted by Scott Rasmussen and shared with <em>Secrets<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/napolitaninstitute.org\/2024\/08\/13\/54-of-federal-government-managers-would-ignore-voters-to-impose-regulations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>survey of 500<\/a> federal managers, Rasmussen asked: &ldquo;Imagine that you work for a government agency and have the ability to draft new regulations. After carefully researching an important issue, you determine that a new regulation is needed. If <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-wildly-distorts-state-bills-banning-critical-race-theory-claims-republicans-want-to-stop-teaching-slavery-and-racism\/\" title=\"New York Times Wildly Distorts State Bills Banning Critical Race Theory, Claims Republicans Want To Stop Teaching Slavery And Racism\">voters overwhelmingly oppose<\/a> that regulation, what should you do?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Just 35% would follow the wishes of voters and trash their regulation while 54% would &ldquo;follow your research and issue the regulation.&rdquo; The rest were unsure.<\/p>\n<p>Napolitan, which has been surveying &ldquo;elites&rdquo; and federal managers, said that the survey was reinforced by other recent polls revealing the arrogance of the swamp. In another, for example, 51% of federal managers believe that people have &ldquo;too much individual freedom.&rdquo; Just 31% said they have &ldquo;too little.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Graphic courtesy of Napolitan Institute<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The findings underscore efforts by former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Donald-Trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> and conservative groups to &ldquo;drain the swamp&rdquo; and put civilian managers in charge.<\/p>\n<p>Biden and Harris have rejected that effort, and both have pushed for more and more executive orders to avoid Congress and voters to impose their agenda. Only changing which party controls the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/White-House\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> can stop that trend.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has promised to cut red tape and trim the federal workforce. In his first administration, he initially went on a binge of cutting regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Critics of agencies making laws and regulations instead of Congress condemned the poll results.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cei.org\/experts\/clyde-wayne-crews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Clyde Wayne Crews,<\/a> the regulation expert at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, told <em>Secrets<\/em>, &ldquo;The idea that bureaucrats could be so audacious as to be predisposed to impose regulations despite public opposition is not surprising. Such attitudes and actions fully align with the most fundamental tenets of the administrative state, which has, since its inception, prioritized the rule of experts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Since Biden entered the White House, Crews has documented the growth of regulations pouring out of agencies. He reported that the administration has tried to hide its actions by raising the price of regulations that have to be revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Crews also said that Biden has moved to push new regulations on several areas of American life because he does not control <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s challenging to identify any aspect of life that the government regards off-limits with respect to its banging around: not health care, schooling, retirement, finances, housing, energy, work life, wages, infrastructure, R&amp;D, nor even consumer products like gas cans, e-cigarette and vaping paraphernalia, and residential dishwashers,&rdquo; said Crews, the Fred L. Smith fellow in regulatory studies at CEI.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Granted, access to essential functions such as infrastructure, a safe food supply, credit, air traffic control, and airplane security are vital. But the very government stewards in charge often impede their progress. So anger rather than surprise is the appropriate takeaway from the survey,&rdquo; Crews added.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Crews has been advocating for regulation reform and demanding that Congress play its required role of reviewing new rules from agencies. But, he said, little is unlikely to change if the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-man-convicted-of-wearing-military-gear-on-jan-6\/\" title=\"Texas Man Convicted of &quot;Wearing Military Gear&quot; on Jan 6\">current administration continues<\/a> under a President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line, he told <em>Secrets<\/em>: &ldquo;To what extent is it incoherent and tone-deaf to talk about administrative state reform when a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/socialism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>socialist<\/a> is president of the United States? The attitude of bureaucrats is a given when that is our deeper predicament.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1736034\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1736034\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most &#8216;swamp&#8217; managers believe voters are irrelevant. The bureaucracy in Washington, which has grown more confident under the Biden-Harris administration, is so assured that a majority of managers would implement new regulations even if voters strongly opposed them. A recent survey by the Napolitan Institute, conducted by Scott Rasmussen and shared with Secrets, reveals a significant disconnect between Washington&#8217;s &#8220;swamp&#8221; and the general public: 54% of federal managers indicated they would disregard voter opposition to pursue their own regulatory agendas. In this survey of 500 federal managers, Rasmussen posed a scenario where they could draft new regulations after thorough research but faced overwhelming voter disapproval; only 35% said they would abandon their regulation in favor of public opinion, while 54% opted to proceed based on their findings. The remaining respondents were uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>The Napolitan Institute&#8217;s findings align with other recent polls highlighting the arrogance prevalent among federal officials. For instance, another poll showed that 51% of these managers feel individuals have &#8220;too much individual freedom,&#8221; compared to just 31% who believe there is &#8220;too little.&#8221; These results emphasize ongoing efforts by former President Donald Trump and conservative groups to &#8220;drain the swamp&#8221; and place civilian leaders in charge\u2014a movement that Biden and Harris have resisted while increasingly relying on executive orders to bypass Congress and impose their agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has vowed to reduce bureaucratic red tape and downsize the federal workforce; during his first term, he aggressively cut regulations. Critics argue against agencies creating laws instead of Congress as reflected in these poll results. Clyde Wayne Crews from the Competitive Enterprise Institute remarked that it\u2019s not surprising for bureaucrats to be inclined toward imposing regulations despite public dissent\u2014this attitude aligns with core principles of an administrative state focused on expert rule.<\/p>\n<p>Since Biden took office, Crews has tracked an increase in regulatory actions from various agencies while noting attempts by the administration to obscure its activities through higher costs associated with revealing such actions. He pointed out that Biden has sought new regulations across numerous aspects of American life due to lacking control over Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Crews stated it\u2019s hard to find any area deemed off-limits for government intervention\u2014from healthcare and education to finances and consumer products like gas cans or dishwashers\u2014indicating frustration rather than surprise at these survey results. He advocates for regulatory reform requiring Congressional oversight but believes little will change if Kamala Harris becomes president since discussing administrative state reform seems inconsistent when a socialist leads the country; he views bureaucratic attitudes as predictable given this broader context<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2329268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kamala-harris-biden-dnc-platform-education-2024-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[5894,34832,38979,4223,32076],"class_list":["post-2329267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-politics","tag-public-opinion","tag-swamp-managers","tag-voters","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kamala-harris-biden-dnc-platform-education-2024-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2329267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2329268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2329267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2329267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2329267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}