http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/1163049
Posted on 07/25/2008 7:12:27 AM PDT by flyfree
Voters who have served in the U.S. military favor John McCain over Barack Obama by a 56% to 37% margin.
This data, from a Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, is based upon interviews with 3,000 Likely Voters, including 588 voters who have served in the military. Voters with no military service favor Obama 50% to 43%.
The survey was conducted July 21-23 while Obama was on an overseas tour that included Afghanistan and Iraq. Overall, the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll showed Obama leading 48% to 45% (with leaners) over those three days.
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Wait until they hear this...http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051149/posts
That’s closer than it should be.
or Barak Obama, a 143 day Senator who can not stand any critical talk towards him or his family or his personal views.
Hmmm.. yeah.. this vet would pick McCain despite my reservations
The scary part: 37% of military veterans are voting for Obama.
This can’t be true. The media can only seem to find military people who support Obama.
http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/1163049
I thought Ron Paul said they all supported him.
The racial numbers for this survey would tell the real story.
That is my thought. I would think it would be at least 2-1. This is not good for McCain.
I’d like to see a poll on Combat Vets vs REMF’s.
We live on a military post. If I see a car with an Obama sticker, it is a minority. We have moved from a post in NC to a smaller post in NM, and I personally have not seen one McCain bumper sticker, and I’ll tell you why.
My kids are attending a half day summer camp at the Youth center. A young african american gal proudly told their group she had met Obama, and how great he was, etc. A little boy, who was white, piped up, and said that he didn’t like Obama.
As my daughter reported that night, the gal yelled immediately that he was “racist!”
I think there are alot of McCain supporters, but if you say it, you are racist.
I bet the margin is even higher than Ras’s numbers.
Here's another contradiction: He spoke in Berlin "not as a candidate, but as a citizen of the world" or words to that affect. Well, a "citizen of the world" can certainly visit injured troops in a military hospital.
I've heard MANY politicians (mostly Republicans) will visit VA hospitals WITHOUT A NEWS CREW - gasp! - because it is the right thing to do. Barry could have visited the troops in the hospital - maybe one or two would have been from Illinois - and visit as a US Senator! What a concept.
It would also be an opportunity to see a "reverse-Patton" whereby an injured soldier slaps the crap our of Barry for being a coward and stinking up a place of honor, then send Barry to the front.
In Feb. 2004 36% of Veterans supported JFnKerry, according to an article I found from the NYT. 55% eventually voted for GWB in the general election.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008032839_vetsop07.html
Great point!
“I would think it would be at least 2-1. This is not good for McCain.”
How do you figure? The Veterans voting in the 2004 election went this way.
57% BUSH
41% KERRY
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html
I see Obama getting LESS Veteran support than Kerry did.
And did anyone verify their claims of military service?
Also how many of these 588 were Vietnam era draftees. There were a lot of blacks minorities in my company.
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