Stability of carbocations and inductive effect

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Which carbocation is more stable?
1) CH3-C+=CH2
2) CH3-CH+-CH3

Basically, I want to know whether the =CH2 group is electron donating or electron withdrawing. Does it show +I effect like alkyl groups?
I mean, like in 2) the carbocation will get stabilised due to the electron donating power of alkyl groups (as it shows +I effect).
 
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