“Father was a federal employee? Isn’t usually a republican..”
More likely true if in DC area. However, out here in the sticks, Chicago, 5 of 5 of myself and 4 fellow federal retirees from same DOJ office are as rock-ribbed conservative as there are! Of course this is anecdotal and we are all “old school” so no way to extrapolate.
There are conservative federal or state employees? That’s a unicorn I have never seen.