Tristanne M. Staudt is facing what she calls the "worst-case scenario."
As the executive director of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Staudt heads an organization whose members largely hail from the federal workforce. In the wake of the Trump administration's slashing of that workforce, along with severely restricting travel and spending, AAPOR's membership is, to put it mildly, facing a lot of uncertainty.
“About 17 percent of our members are federal employees, and about another 56 percent are private sector—and half of that 56 percent are federal contractors that rely on federal contracts and grant money,” she says. “So about half of our total membership right now is impacted by all these regulation changes, whether it be travel bans, communication bans, firing of federal employees, or cuts to grants and contracts."
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