{"id":30144,"date":"2012-05-28T13:00:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T17:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=30144"},"modified":"2012-05-28T13:02:38","modified_gmt":"2012-05-28T17:02:38","slug":"gallup-romneys-lead-over-obama-comes-from-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=30144","title":{"rendered":"Gallup: Romney’s lead over Obama comes from veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Politics seeps into Memorial Day news from a Gallup poll<\/a> which says that Romney’s lead over Obama is mainly fueled by veterans;<\/p>\n

These data, from an analysis of Gallup Daily tracking interviews conducted April 11-May 24, show that 24% of all adult men are veterans, compared with 2% of adult women.<\/p>\n

Obama and Romney are tied overall at 46% apiece among all registered voters in this sample. Men give Romney an eight-point edge, while women opt for Obama over Romney by seven points. It turns out that the male skew for Romney is driven almost entirely by veterans. Romney leads by one point among nonveteran men, contrasted with the 28-point edge Romney receives among male veterans.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gallup blames the socialization processes that convert people into Republicans while they serve;<\/p>\n

Why veterans are so strong in their preference for the Republican presidential candidate is not clear. Previous Gallup analysis has suggested that two processes may be at work. Men who serve in the military may become socialized into a more conservative orientation to politics as a result of their service. Additionally, men who in the last decades have chosen to enlist in the military may have a more Republican orientation to begin with.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think it’s because Romney has the advantage of not having the opportunity to screw veterans yet, whereas Obama’s strategy of pumping money into the Department of Veterans Affairs while slashing healthcare at the Department of Defense while Leon Panetta takes the heat doesn’t seem to be working as he planned. Obama’s rush for the exits in Afghanistan doesn’t look to be doing him any favors either.<\/p>\n

Age makes little substantive difference in the vote preferences of male veterans. Those younger than 50 are roughly as likely to support Romney as are those 60 and older. Male veterans aged 50 to 59 are slightly less skewed toward Romney, but still support him by a 15-point margin.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Time for VoteVets and IAVA to roll out their usual “non-partisan” blather to save the President skin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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