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November 14, 2003The New Swing Voters?An article in the Washington Monthly asks if soldiers will become the new swing voters the consensus view seems to be that the military as a whole votes Republican by a margin of slightly less than 2-to-1, with enlisted men and women Republican by 3-to-2, and Republicans outnumbering Democrats among officers by 8-to-1. (Thankfully for Democratic partisans, there are 15 times as many enlisted men as officers). Scholars know even less about how the military has voted in the past. But they have established a broad narrative of the demographics and shifting historical cultures of the military that helps explain its evolution as a political entity.My feeling after reading the article is, probably not. The Vietnam War didn't turn Wesley Clark into a Democrat (that took 30 more years) and the Iraq War probably won't turn many soldiers into Democrats either. Posted by rickheller at November 14, 2003 10:02 PM Comments
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