Thursday, September 13, 2007

Military people have sharply increased donations to Democrats since the Iraq invasion.

This is an interesting factoid.
A new study finds that contributions to Democrats from members of the U.S. military have shot up dramatically since the start of the Iraq war in 20003.

The study, by Capital Eye, which is a newsletter for the Center for Responsive Politics, finds that this year, 40% of military money has gone to the Democratic Party or Dem Presidential candidates, compared to only 23% in 2002, before the war started.

From TPM Election Central.
Think maybe more of the military people feel that the Democrats are supporting them?

The officer corps shifted sharply towards the Republicans after the end of the Vietman war. I wonder if any of the officers are shifting to the Democrats now?

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