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Thursday, September 13, 2007
Who the "kick their ass" people will vote for
By VictorM: Military personnel have overwhelmingly favored the Republican party. As the numbers shown below suggest, that is changing. But let's get real! This change is temporary and a reflection of dissatisfaction with the current administration, not with Republican politics.I still think that the kind of people who want to "go kick some ass" instead of using diplomacy will eventually cast their votes for those candidates who think like they do, and so the Republicans will get the majority of their votes.In 2002, the last full cycle before Bush launched the Iraqi invasion, the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics found that 23% of military members’ contributions went to Democrats. So far in 2007, that number is 40%.
More specifically, the drop-off for Republican support within the Army is striking. Before the war, 71% of Army campaign contributions went to the GOP. This year, that number is down to 51%. So, the GOP’s advantage went from more than 2-to-1 before the war, to near-parity now.
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