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More than half of the Democrats polled said that they would support Barack Obama for a third term instead of the current Democratic candidates. | AP Photo Poll: 25 percent of federal employees would quit under Trump presidency

About 1-in-4 federal employees would consider leaving their jobs if Donald Trump is elected president, according the results of a recent survey conducted by the Government Business Council.

Overall, about 2-in-3, or 67 percent said they would not think about leaving the federal government if Trump becomes president, but 14 percent said they would and 11 percent said they would "maybe" leave. Just 8 percent said they did not know. The share of Democrats who said they would leave is higher, with 42 percent indicating that they would exit or could exit.

Among all of those surveyed, 59 percent said they would be embarrassed to have Trump as president, compared to 49 percent who said the same for Hillary Clinton, 45 percent who would be embarrassed with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, 37 percent with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and just 20 percent for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.

Of those surveyed, 42 percent identified as Republicans, 31 percent as Democrats, while 8 percent said they did not know and 19 percent declined to state.

Among Democrats, more than half—56 percent—said they would support Barack Obama for a third term over the current crop of candidates in their party.

The poll was conducted Jan. 20-26, surveying 688 federal employees. The margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points.