I'm not generalizing or trying to say that is true, I just want to know why a lot of people think that.
2006-07-15 07:21:18 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The stereotype exists because it's true. Election and poll results show that.
Why it's true is a separate question. I think that is because the republican party is viewed as pro-military and people want a candidate that supports them.
2006-07-15 07:38:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 3⤋
Well for one reason, most people vote their paychecks. If you were an environmentalist, whose job it was to research deforestation. You would probably vote Democrat, as they are the party that will most likely bolster your work.
Most people in the military believe that the Republican party is the most likely to increase their wages. While their are exceptions to this rule, take Carl Levin from Michigan, a democrat who has worked long and hard to bolster the military, most improvements to the armed forces come from the Republican Party.
That's really it. I don't consider myself to be a Republican or a Democrat, because I don't vote party lines. I vote for who I think will do the best job, and has the same thoughts and ideals that I do. A lot of the time they are Republican, but sometimes they are Democrat.
Its just people making generalizations.
2006-07-15 07:27:44 · answer #2 · answered by Darius 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a stereotype.....polls and elections have shown this to be true as of late.
I served and most of the people I met through my 9 years were conservative...not necessarily republican. Oh and no Democratic president in a long time has done anything beneficial to the military way of life.
2006-07-15 07:25:17 · answer #3 · answered by jpxc99 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is true
Most members of the US Military are Republican or at least more Conservative than the general population.
2006-07-15 07:36:18 · answer #4 · answered by MP US Army 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have served in the army and the navy, I'm a democrat....My father spent 30 years in the military, he's a democrat...my brother was in the marines, he's a democrat... The only male in my family that has not served in the military is my little brother, a pro Bush republican, ...Where are you getting your information?
2006-07-15 07:54:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats not true my family is mostly democratic and is a military family. Also there is a stereotype that the military is full of rednecks but we'll African Americans
2006-07-15 07:27:59 · answer #6 · answered by Lone solider 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funny because the Republicans all skipped service, while the Democrats were all ex-servicemen.
Except for McCain the bunch of them have duped the population through their conservative media buddies
2006-07-15 07:25:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might be correct, because I am a military retiree and we saw how screwed up the dimocRATic-Socialist Party was during
the Vietnam War, that is one reason that I am a Republican!!!
2006-07-15 07:30:41 · answer #8 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Republicans have usually had as one of their tenets a strong military and if you are in the military you have to like that
2006-07-15 07:30:45 · answer #9 · answered by erik c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
becasue so many on the other side deplore the military and any use of force under any conditions, and since no one can disagree with them, then all soldiers have to be bad and republican.
2006-07-15 07:25:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋