Apparently it really is the case that anyone who isn’t white is somehow unqualified.

  • booly@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    Veterans tend to vote republican. I’m guessing the numbers would be about the same for active members.

    No, I don’t think so.

    I think it’s worth noting that “veterans” as a population skew heavily towards old white men. If you weight for age, gender, and race, does that veteran population support Republicans at higher rates than non-veterans of similar demographic profiles?

    Here’s a 2023 Pew profile of veteran demographics that shows that:

    • 11% were women, and 89% were men.
    • 74% were non-Hispanic white.
    • 28% were under 50 years old, 36% were between 50-69, and 37% were over 70.

    I couldn’t find active duty polling for 2024, but the active duty vote leaned Biden in 2020.

    I suspect if people actually broke out veteran preferences by age, gender, and race, you’d see that almost all of the veteran support for Republicans can be explained by their other demographics, not really anything special about being a veteran.