HILL STAFF VIEWS: Most Congressional Aides Thumbs Down on Adding Canada to U.S.

President-elect Donald Trump’s trial balloon about making Canada America’s 51st state is about as popular among most congressional aides as a proposal to require them to fast three days a week.

That’s judging by the results of the recent CNCT Capitol Pulse survey in which 67 percent of the anonymous respondents said they would oppose it when asked if they would support making Canada part of America. Only 22 percent favored the Trump suggestion overall and 11 percent were unsure.

The opposition crossed party lines, though with distinctly more Hill Democrat aides than GOPers reacting with the thumb down, 82 percent to 52 percent. The GOPers supporting such an acquisition were three times as plentiful as Dems, 33 percent to 11 percent.

Gender and age didn’t make much difference – majorities said no. Among male Democrats, the figure was 74 percent no, and 89 percent of the females. Hill aides over the age of 30 were decisively opposed, at 75 percent, but those under 30 were also strongly against, at 64 percent.

“Males were twice as likely as females to support Canada joining the U.S., but overall, most staffers seem content to keep Canadian bacon distinctly Canadian,” CNCT Capitol Pulse commented on the results.