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-Cp
10-21-2008, 12:58 PM
A poll by the Military Times newspaper group suggests that there is overwhelming support for John McCain among U.S. troops in every branch of the armed forces by a nearly 3-1 margin.

According to the poll, 68 percent of active-duty and retired servicemen and women support McCain, while 23 percent support Barack Obama. The numbers are nearly identical among officers and enlisted troops.

Click here to see the raw data.

The Military Times, which publishes the Army Times, Navy Times, Marine Corps Times and Air Force Times, polled 80,000 subscribers from Sept 22 to Sept. 29. The non-scientific survey gathered 4,300 respondents -- all of them registered and eligible to vote.

A racial divide was immediately evident among the respondents. Nearly eight in 10 black servicemembers chose Obama, while McCain captured 76 percent of white voters and 63 percent of Hispanic voters.

Click here to see more on this story from FOX News.

Numbers among men and women respondents were also visibly different. Men overwhelmingly said they would vote for McCain, 70 percent to 22 percent. But among women the margin was much closer: 53 percent support McCain, while 36 percent support Obama.

U.S. troops also said in the poll that they prefer McCain to handle the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- 74 percent said McCain would perform better, while just 19 percent said Obama would.

Four years ago the Iraq War was the single most important issue on which the military voted. But the war now ranks third in importance to these voters. The most important issue among the respondents was character (42 percent), followed by the economy (25 percent) and the Iraq War (16 percent).

There was a racial divide on these issues, as well. Black servicemembers said the economy was the No. 1 issue that affected their vote, and white troops said character was paramount.

The Military Times offered certain caveats for its poll, which was open only to its 80,000 subscribers. Responses were entirely voluntary and were not focused on a representative sample of the public, as scientific polls are. The troops polled were also somewhat older than average enlisted servicemembers and included more officers than is representative of the military as a whole.

Yet judging by the numbers, it appears that the Democratic party has not made many inroads into the traditionally Republican military.

Click here for more on this story from the Military Times (http://www.militarytimes.com/news/2008/10/military_poll_100508w/).

theHawk
10-21-2008, 01:09 PM
Liberals don't want to hear what our troops have to say. Libs know whats best for them, even though its the troops themselves that are doing all the hard work. I'm sure they'll end up feeling the wrath of a President Obama since they don't support him as Commander in Chief.

Abbey Marie
10-21-2008, 02:33 PM
Will the Dems find a way to ignore all their absentee ballots, as they did in Florida?

red states rule
10-21-2008, 02:39 PM
Will the Dems find a way to ignore all their absentee ballots, as they did in Florida?

Why should libs even ask why the troops do not support their candidates or their party after the way liberals have treated the US military?


http://www.targetofopportunity.com/iraqi_resistance.jpg

retiredman
10-21-2008, 03:06 PM
Will the Dems find a way to ignore all their absentee ballots, as they did in Florida?

not if they get them postmarked in time... same as everyone else.

Abbey Marie
10-21-2008, 04:36 PM
ACLU files suit to include late absentee ballots in Fla.
MIAMI (AP) — Absentee ballots mailed by Florida elections supervisors too late for possibly thousands of voters to return them on time should still count, the American Civil Liberties Union argued in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday.

The suit, filed against Secretary of State Glenda Hood and elections supervisors in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, asks that completed absentee ballots mailed in the United States that arrive at county offices before Nov. 12 be counted. State law required those ballots to reach county offices by Tuesday night.

The Nov. 12 deadline would be the same standard applied to absentee ballots filed by voters who are out of the country.

"These are not people who filed their request for an absentee ballot late," said Howard Simon, executive director of the ACLU of Florida. "These are people who filed it well in advance of the deadline and some of them just got their absentee ballot (Tuesday) — effectively preventing them from participating in today's election."
http://www.failureisimpossible.com/floridafollies/courtrulings.htm#11

AND:



Appeals court upholds disputed military ballots in Florida election
ATLANTA (AP) -- An appeals court on Monday agreed with a federal judge who refused to throw out 2,400 of Florida's overseas ballots, mostly from military personnel, because they arrived after Election Day.

A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the ruling by U.S. District Judge Maurice Paul in Gainesville, Florida, was consistent with recent comments by Florida's highest court about the workings of the absentee ballot law.

The lawsuit brought by Democratic voters sought to eliminate enough ballots to change the election results in Vice President Al Gore's favor. Republican George W. Bush led by less than 200 votes as election challenges continued in the U.S. Supreme Court and elsewhere Monday.

"While Florida law seems to favor counting ballots, this change would take away the votes of thousands of Florida citizens -- including members of America's armed forces on duty outside of the country pursuant to the nation's orders -- who, to cast their ballots, just did what they were told by Florida's election officials," the appeals court said. ...
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/LAW/12/11/recount.military/index.html

theHawk
10-21-2008, 05:00 PM
slam dunk, abby. :clap: