Most people believe that a president's Cabinet is key to his success, but opinions are mixed about whether a president should include those who have opposed him, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll.
Almost all of the poll's participants believe in the importance of the Cabinet:
- Cabinet at least somewhat important to administration's success: 96 percent
- Cabinet choices not important: 2 percent.
Out of that 96 percent, 78 percent believe Cabinet picks are "very important," according to the poll.
As for whether the president should appoint those who disagree with him:
- Yes: 38 percent.
- No: 22 percent.
- Undecided: 40 percent.
Breaking down the results by voters' party affiliation shows that a minority believe in appointing those who publicly opposed the candidate.
- Republicans: 45 percent.
- Democrats: 36 percent.
- Not affiliated with either party: 34 percent.
More Democrats and unaffiliated voters are undecided about the issue than Republicans, the poll results said.
The concern about appointing someone who opposed a president came up over President-elect Donald Trump's meetings with Mitt Romney for secretary of state. Trump's team and some Republicans have disagreed with Romney as a choice: the former GOP presidential candidate criticized Trump during his campaign.
The survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted on Nov. 27.
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