IAVA assessment of the senate

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

repubicans typically represent the interests of the wealthy. I would think that wealthy people are less likely to join the military. Ergo, repubicans don't hold the interest of the military personnel highly.

The political makeup of the military is an interesting question. Clearly there are a lot of minorities in the military, and they often vote for Democrats. At the same time, a lot of the people who join the military are conservative minded, and tend to vote Republican. Mixed in with all that is the fact that folks in the military have to vote by absentee ballot. When voting is a hassle (bad weather, etc.) the Republicans generally do better because they are more determined voters and the Democrats tend to stay home a little more. So I would expect only the Republicans in the military would bother voting by absentee ballot.

A lot of generalities there, and many of them are conflicting. I really have no idea what the political makeup of the military is. Anybody else know?