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Military Presidential Poll

TexasBred

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We trust the security of our country to the military. Why not trust their preferences on the upcoming election. It quite obvious who they want as Commander & Chief. Hopefully their absentee ballots won't be thrown out this time as they were in Florida in 2000.

This week's issue of the Army Times: Here are the results of the Army Times' poll of Military personnel reference the election (in percent):

McCain Obama

Overall 68 23

Army 68 23

Navy 69 24

Air Force 67 24

Marines 75 18

Retirees 72 20

White Non-Hispanic 76 17

Hispanic 63 27

Black/African-American 12 79

Enlisted 67 24

Officers 70 22

Somehow I missed seeing this in the New York Times.
 

TSR

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TexasBred said:
We trust the security of our country to the military. Why not trust their preferences on the upcoming election. It quite obvious who they want as Commander & Chief. Hopefully their absentee ballots won't be thrown out this time as they were in Florida in 2000.

This week's issue of the Army Times: Here are the results of the Army Times' poll of Military personnel reference the election (in percent):

McCain Obama

Overall 68 23

Army 68 23

Navy 69 24

Air Force 67 24

Marines 75 18

Retirees 72 20

White Non-Hispanic 76 17

Hispanic 63 27

Black/African-American 12 79

Enlisted 67 24

Officers 70 22

Somehow I missed seeing this in the New York Times.

Does this include retirees as well as active duty. Also it would be interesting to see the actual numbers with respect to retirees and active duty personnel.
 
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Anonymous

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That doesn't match the figures of those donating tho- where Obama leads McCain in the uniformed services and those stationed overseas...Nor of the polls I saw involving family members of military personnel who were overwhelmingly supporting Obama....

Military Donors Don't Stay the Course
Published by Lindsay Renick Mayer on October 17, 2008 11:40 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Some of the most interesting dollars to follow since the start of this election cycle have been those given by donors in the military, who have preferred anti-war candidate Barack Obama over hawkish John McCain from the start. But a surge of funds to McCain, a Vietnam War prisoner, in the final months that he was able to accept private contributions, moved him into the lead. By the end of August, McCain had collected $461,350 from military donors, compared to Obama's $450,950.

The largest difference is in contributions from employees of the Department of Defense, who have given McCain $35,400 more than they have to Obama since the start of the election cycle ($127,200 compared to $91,800). Obama, however, has maintained his lead among employees of the uniformed service branches, bringing in $340,400, while McCain's total was $321,500. Obama is also still ahead in contributions from military donors with overseas addresses, including those who work for the DoD--$74,650 compared to $16,600.

Individuals at the DoD and in the Army contributed enough to McCain through August to rank among his top 20 contributors, although Army employees have given the same amount to Obama -- about $150,000 -- which is not enough to qualify as one of his top donors.

http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/10/military-donors-dont-stay-the.html
 

TexasBred

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Oldtimer said:
That doesn't match the figures of those donating tho- where Obama leads McCain in the uniformed services and those stationed overseas...Nor of the polls I saw involving family members of military personnel who were overwhelmingly supporting Obama....

Military Donors Don't Stay the Course
Published by Lindsay Renick Mayer on October 17, 2008 11:40 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Some of the most interesting dollars to follow since the start of this election cycle have been those given by donors in the military, who have preferred anti-war candidate Barack Obama over hawkish John McCain from the start. But a surge of funds to McCain, a Vietnam War prisoner, in the final months that he was able to accept private contributions, moved him into the lead. By the end of August, McCain had collected $461,350 from military donors, compared to Obama's $450,950.

The largest difference is in contributions from employees of the Department of Defense, who have given McCain $35,400 more than they have to Obama since the start of the election cycle ($127,200 compared to $91,800). Obama, however, has maintained his lead among employees of the uniformed service branches, bringing in $340,400, while McCain's total was $321,500. Obama is also still ahead in contributions from military donors with overseas addresses, including those who work for the DoD--$74,650 compared to $16,600.

Individuals at the DoD and in the Army contributed enough to McCain through August to rank among his top 20 contributors, although Army employees have given the same amount to Obama -- about $150,000 -- which is not enough to qualify as one of his top donors.

http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/10/military-donors-dont-stay-the.html

OT, roflmao...nobody really knows where Obama is getting his money. Especially the "overseas" money. Money does't vote....."or does it"?? Maybe if you're trying to buy your way into the White House and getting "a huge amount with overseas addresses", source unknown, then money does vote.
 
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