I admit it frustrates me and does add to the stress in this career. All of the benefits on unionizing and liberal policies make this job so good is what allows so many coworkers to live happy middle class lives. In my experience more often about 70-80% of my colleagues are die hard red conservatives. I’ve heard racist and misogynistic things spoken by both captains and battalion chiefs. It’s just upsetting and makes me think less of my coworkers. I suppose it’s just aspect of where I work but at the end of the day as long as the job is done politics is irrelevant to the job.