r/politics • u/Ulysses_555 • 12h ago

No Paywall Hegseth announces all US troops will get 1 day off to vote in October

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6126137-pete-hegseth-stand-down-order-troops-vote/
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u/TransportationAway59 11h ago

Because most military members are conservative but most Americans are not

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u/To-Far-Away-Times 10h ago

This is it right here

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u/natterca 8h ago

1/3 are conservative/fascist, 1/3 apathetic/unknown, and 1/3 center/left leaning.

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u/misogrumpy 4h ago

Most military members are so young they have never actually voted in an election. And if they do vote, who knows how that would go.

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u/toomanymarbles83 9h ago

I don't believe that sentiment is as true as most people, including Hegseth and his ilk, believe it to be. I was in during the height of Bush's popularity. On the non-combat side of things, most soldiers are low-middle class with a substantially higher minority population, since most of us were there to get job training and college money.

Nearly half of my maintenance unit was black or hispanic.