As Memorial Day weekend nears, veterans and the military vote have become a more serious focus in the 2012 campaign. In the last few weeks, President Barack Obama has reached out to military voters on the Web and on TV with the aim of slicing away pieces of what has been a reliable part of the Republican base.
Since the Cold War, the GOP’s reputation for being the party of a “strong national defense” has generally won it loyal and crucial support from active duty soldiers and veterans. In 2004, President George W. Bush won the veteran vote by a solid 16 percentage points and that was campaigning against a decorated Vietnam veteran in Sen. John Kerry.
But in 2008 that margin shrank. Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain still won the veteran vote, but by only 10 percentage points. And in 2012 Mr. Obama looks eager to cut into that difference even more.
The most recent Wall Street Journal/NBC poll shows that presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney leads Mr. Obama among military voters, but by eight percentage points. That single-digit difference is significant and it follows on the heels of other polls showing Mr. Obama performing well among veterans, particularly veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Even a slight shift in the military/veteran vote could be critical in what many expect to be a very close presidential race.
There are roughly 22 million veterans in the U.S., they are spread throughout the country but clustered in some battleground states – Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, Colorado.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
There is no battle. Obama gutted the military. Obama looses.
The End
"Approval ratings go up and down for various reasons... An example is the high post 911 support for GWB even though he could be said to be responsible for the event." --- Box A Rox '9/11 Truther'
Melania is a bimbo... she is there to look at, not to listen to. --- Box A Rox and his 'War on Women'
Veterans Give Romney Big Lead Over Obama Veterans responsible for Romney's advantage among men overall
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
Barring unforeseen developments such as the re-institution of the military draft, the proportion of the male population in this country that will have served in the armed forces will decrease in the years ahead as the older population dominated by veterans dies off. These data suggest that Democrats could get an overall boost from this demographic phenomenon as these apparently reliable Republican voters become a smaller and smaller proportion of the population.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Barring unforeseen developments such as the re-institution of the military draft, the proportion of the male population in this country that will have served in the armed forces will decrease in the years ahead as the older population dominated by veterans dies off. These data suggest that Democrats could get an overall boost from this demographic phenomenon as these apparently reliable Republican voters become a smaller and smaller proportion of the population.
Barring unforeseen developments such as the re-institution of the military draft, the proportion of the male population in this country that will have served in the armed forces will decrease in the years ahead as the older population dominated by veterans dies off. These data suggest that Democrats could get an overall boost from this demographic phenomenon as these apparently reliable Republican voters become a smaller and smaller proportion of the population.
Wow! We agree!
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Barring unforeseen developments such as the re-institution of the military draft, the proportion of the male population in this country that will have served in the armed forces will decrease in the years ahead as the older population dominated by veterans dies off. These data suggest that Democrats could get an overall boost from this demographic phenomenon as these apparently reliable Republican voters become a smaller and smaller proportion of the population.
But you forgot the part about the college growing up and having to pay confiscatory tax rates, and having to face a zero growth economy brought on by the radical left. A reality check does wonders for people when they realize that the left wants us to be Europe. They soon vote Republican.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
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