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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMilitary Gives to Obama
Despite a long history of voting Republican and once-enthusiastic support for Ron Paul, employees of the military are now giving far more campaign money to Obama than Romney, who apparently remains unliked by pretty much everyone. From Open Secrets.
The table below shows donations from military and civilian employees of the military, as well as the Department of Defense, in March, 2012.
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2012/04/military-turns-from-paul-to-obama-i.html
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Military Gives to Obama (Original Post)
kpete
Apr 2012
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Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)1. Thanks.
K & R
freshwest
(53,661 posts)2. Thanks, kpete!
Scuba
(53,475 posts)3. Huh? US Military is listed seperately from the US Army? Huh?
Angleae
(4,486 posts)4. Probably for those that didn't specify a particular branch or are civilian DoD employees.