The military in general, and the officer corps in particular, have considered themselves strong conservatives and have leaned to the Republicans by a substantial margin. Actually, the military has been more Republican than the population as a whole for some time, but it became fairly dramatically Republican after the Vietnam War. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
The author seems clueless about the big picture. The amounts of money involved are tiny, less than twenty cents per member of the active military, and hence the data are easily skewed by a few donations. His lack of knowledge is given away by the quote When the turn to a voluntary military came, the military became less representative of the country as a whole. A disproportionate part of the military was drawn from rural and economically disadvantaged areas which have usually been more Republican. , when in fact the volunteer military comes from families with slightly above average incomes.
