No Advantage
Saw something interesting in this puff piece in U.S. News & World Report
“In 2006 House races across the nation, Republican veterans did slightly better than nonveterans, but Democratic veterans had no significant advantage over Democrats lacking military backgrounds.”
I guess that 3 1/2 years in the Marines might not help Ashwin Madia out as much as he’s probably counting on.
“Teigen analyzed recent House races, looking only at contests that pitted a Democrat against a Republican, eliminating incumbents who did not have to face a major-party rival. He cast a wide net with respect to veterans; he included anyone with active-duty service, from a theoretical former supply clerk at Fort Dix in New Jersey to a Congressional Medal of Honor winner.”
