They seem to be drawing conclusions based on employer, but I don’t know how they could distinguish uniformed (“troops”) from civilian DoD employees, officer from enlisted, etc.

Also, it doesn’t look like they distinguish Iraq/Afghanistan APO/FPO addresses from other overseas or shipboard addresses.

But then, there’s no methodology available, so ….

Considering the overall size of the military and the number of people deployed, the number of military personnel making contributions to the presidential political campaigns is very small, making it difficult to draw any conclusions about what the data say about overall support for the candidates.

Maybe that should have been the hed?

But, all too often, headlines in the MSM do tend to be reductive and sensational. I’m afraid my cure for that would make them more boring. But I contend they’d be more appreciated.

As to the subject of the post…it always interests me when headlines don’t really match up with the story within. It’s just another reason people have a hard time believing the mainstream media sources. While you can’t say the author of that piece is definitely biased it’s still being written by a human being and they’ll immediately jump to the thing that resonates loudest with them.

A good lesson…read the story and not just the headline.

Having said that, I understand that some military folks will probably vote for McCain, and they will be in the minority.