George Takei 
🏳️🌈🖖🏽If the GOP shuts down the government, that means 1.3 million servicemembers will go without pay. This after a Republican senator, Tommy Tuberville, has single-handedly put a hold on all top-level military promotions and appointments because he disagrees with the Pentagon’s policy of reimbursing travel expenses for members who must seek abortions out of state. Remind me again why the GOP thinks it’s pro-military.
Michael Furlan@georgetakei Most active duty and even more veterans voted for Trump in 2020 and will do so again in 2024. Might not make sense to us but the military loves that guy.
standev@mfurlan do you have a source on that? everything I’ve seen is that US military tend to vote in line with the population they are recruited from.
@standev “Military Posts are, for the most part, still reliably Republican. Trump won them by about 12 points.” https://www.americancommunities.org/final-presidential-results-show-substantial-shifts-in-exurbs-hispanic-centers-and-military-posts/
@mfurlan that seems to be a category of locations and not reflective of service members vs local community necessarily. For example, I voted in my home state for almost my entire military career.
@mfurlan given the location of military installations (mostly rural and in red states) it is unsurprising that people who live in those areas trend republican.
@mfurlan That said, the Economist chose a different lede on the same precinct info: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/10/14/military-bases-swung-hard-away-from-republicans-in-2020
@mfurlan Military Times polling in the leadup to the 2020 election had specific polling of military members showing a preference for Biden: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/08/31/as-trumps-popularity-slips-in-latest-military-times-poll-more-troops-say-theyll-vote-for-biden/
