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President Obama Beating Romney 5-To-1 with DOD & Military Contributions
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/05/military-campaign-donations-obama/1#.T8PKso7N4lI
While the military traditionally votes for Republicans, President Obama is ahead of GOP rival Mitt Romney in contributions from military personnel, new campaign-finance reports indicate.
Obama has a more than 5-to-1 edge over Romney in political donations from individuals who list themselves as employees of the Defense Department or one of four military branches, a USA TODAY analysis of federal filings shows. Army employees are the biggest source of military contributions to each: $108,571 to Obama and $22,004 to Romney.
As National Public Radio noted this week, Obama has worked hard to court the military vote. Unlike 2008, when Obama faced a Vietnam War hero, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in the general election contest, neither Obama nor Romney is a veteran.
Ahead of Memorial Day, Obama's campaign launched a new ad this week aimed at the military. In it, Obama touts the killing of Osama bin Laden and highlights what he calls the USA's "sacred trust" to returning veterans to do "everything we can to heal all of their wounds."
For the entire election cycle, Paul has received $333,134 in donations from the military. President Obama is second with $184,505 and Romney is third in donations with $45,738.
Breaking the numbers down further, Obama is preferred by members of the Department of Defense and beats Romney in every single wing of the military. The closest Romney comes is in the Army where Obama leads Romney $46,624-$22,338.
But before the President can start celebrating more support from the military, it remains to be seen whether the supporters of Paul will trend towards the President or towards Romney.
Correct me if I am wrong but I read it as civilian employees are the ones sending the money not military members.
For the record, most military members do not designate themselves as such when making a donation to any political candidate. I have to question those who actually do.
Correct me if I am wrong but I read it as civilian employees are the ones sending the money not military members.
Obama has a more than 5-to-1 edge over Romney in political donations from individuals who list themselves as employees of the Defense Department or one of four military branches,
employees of the Defense DepartmentI expect there's a whole lot of non-military paper pushers in the DoD right now.
Not singling you out but it does not make sense. Every poll that I have seen over the last 10 years puts military members as heavily conservative. While government employees as more liberal. Maybe they are lumping them all together and the libs are giving to obama and the conservatives give all their money to charity. ;)
Too bad I can't find a breakdown of who was polled, nothing is posted at the original source which is a USA Today blog.
This is an old political trick. The numbers are taken from the contribution lists of the candidates, and we have to trust what the contributors say about themselves.One of the biggest leaders of the Vietnam protest movement before John effin Kerry dredged himself up was a poser Sergeant, who claimed to have witnessed atrocities, and turned out to be a complete fake.
Ron Paul and the Democrats have both used this little fraud before. Anyone can check, "I'm a vet" on a $5 contribution sheet.
From the party that has to present FAKE veterans to support the president...I'm not trusting this at all.
Remember: Democrat pretenders are the reason for the Stolen Valor law.
Mon May 28, 2012, 10:47 AMThey jumped all over the place. :panic:
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Gallup: Veterans Still Going Big For Romney And GOP