Quote:Cut the crap....you are completely wrong given your own provided link:
Maybe you should cut the crap and learn how to read English.
And instead of claiming that Gallup's data shows what you claim
find something that actually DOES support what you say.
Let's start with this 'softball':
Quote:...by the way....love the racist card.... why man?...because of ethnicity? ...really....?
My statement is based strictly upon voter demographics.
Obama received 93% of the Black vote in '12 and 71% of the Hispanic vote. That is why it's a reasonable, non-racist inference that the approval of Obama as reflected in voting would be reflected in similar % among active military.
http://ropercenter.cornell.edu/polls/us-elect...oted-2012/
If you think that's wrong, show me why without the BS 'racist' charge.
And if you haven't figured it out by now I don't lean toward the Party of voter ID, i.e. voter suppression. You have a better chance of being hit by lightening than you do of finding voter fraud.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuOT1bRYdK8
Now why would anyone believe that voter ID would assure a Romney victory in PA? Transparent as to who it's directed towards.
Again, what does Gallup choose as a title for the article based upon they're data?
Quote:Military Veterans of All Ages Tend to Be More RepublicanQuote:
How do you explain the word 'Republican' appearing where you insist that the word 'Democrat' should appear, where it would have to appear, for you to be right?
Now look again at the graph that has confused you.
'Nonveteran' is the larger population group and it shows a significantly higher identification with Democrats 38% VS 26% Republican.
'Disproportionate' Republican representation in the military is what I claimed, which is what 34% Republican to 29% Democrat is relative to the %'s in the wider population.
But never mind my argument, what does Gallup say? Why do you not read the word 'Democrat' where they use the word 'Republican, if you are right?
Quote:Also substitute it again everywhere 'Republican' appears below.
You're letting your 'want to believe' get in the way of 'what is'.
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Different Patterns at Work?
It is difficult to establish the precise causal relationship between military service and Republican orientation . It may be that service in the military per se socializes an individual in certain ways that in turn lead to a more Republican viewpoint -- either at the time or in later years. On the other hand, there may be a selection factor at work, such that individuals already disproportionately Republican in orientation are more likely to join the military, meaning that the causal factor predates actual military service.
The latter explanation seems more reasonable for the younger age cohorts considered in this research. For the most part, Americans who are now aged 55 and under, as noted, volunteered to serve rather than having been drafted.
Under these conditions, a reasonable hypothesis seems to be that more conservative/more Republican persons would be disproportionately represented in the ranks of volunteers, suggesting that the major reason for the observed veteran/nonveteran political difference lies in the backgrounds of those who choose to serve.
On the other hand, those who are now 56 and older were generally subject to the draft and presumably had a lot less choice in whether they served. That would be particularly true for Americans now 70 and older, among whom the majority are veterans. Here a more reasonable hypothesis may be that the socialization process that took place as part of military training and service, coupled with the impact such service has on an individual's reflection on politics and policy later in life, had a greater impact on the observed more Republican orientation among these veterans.
No doubt both processes are at work to at least some degree across the age spectrum. Whatever the cause, the data are clear: having served in the military is associated with a more Republican and less Democratic political identity .
And then there's this:
http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/05/does-the...epublican/
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But the U.S. military plainly tilts toward the GOP. That’s largely because today’s military is an all-volunteer force increasingly drawn from the Sunbelt, where the Pentagon has focused its recruiting efforts since the draft ended 40 years ago. And traits the military prizes — like aggressiveness and respect for authority — tend to be more pronounced in conservatives.
