Okay, now guess again:

Now, though, the military’s support has shifted toward Obama. Romney has consistently received little financial backing from military donors.

Despite the fact that Paul once raised almost twice as much as Obama did from the military, the president has received $536,414 from military donors, compared to Paul’s $399,274 and Romney’s $287,435, according to research by the Center for Responsive Politics. These numbers are based on donations greater than $200, as reported to the Federal Election Commission.

I can’t recall another Democratic presidential candidate who led a Republican in military donations. Obama came close over McCain in 2008, but McCain eventually won. I don’t think this is especially predictive, but I do think it’s an interesting point.

4 replies on “Guess Which Presidential Candidate Is Making the Most from Military Donations?”

  2. “I don’t think this is especially predictive, but I do think it’s an interesting point.”

    … this would be the part where you then explain to us why you think the point is interesting.

    Looking forward to your next post: Some People Have Brown Hair, Some People Have Black Hair, It’s An Interesting Point, The End.

  3. @Mike Tyson – As a veteran I find this to be very interesting. I haven’t spent much time around active duty folks since Spring time, but then it was really obvious that the active duty and young veterans supported Ron Paul, and their support was specifically, and overwhelmingly, because of his anti-interventionist perspective, and that Paul is a patriotic veteran himself.

    It was made pretty clear at the RNC that the Republicans would no longer tolerate permissive Libertarian thoughts to cloud their jingoism, and they basically shit on every Libertarian there. So Paul supporters were left with few options: support Gary Johnson (the Libertarian 3rd party candidate), or support Romney or Obama. I’ve been trying to keep track of how Paul supporters are reacting, and these numbers show how at least one portion of the Libertarian camp has reacted.

    It’s also really important for the Republican narrative that they have the support of the military, and this is pretty much true. I met about a dozen self-identified Democrats in the military, and they were not getting a promotion anytime soon. This data point will give Democrats rooms to poke at the Republican narrative, like Paul Constant is doing, and this is why he finds it interesting. I don’t think this data point is worth dismissing as useless, but it’s also hard to draw conclusions from.

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