How veterans voted in the 2024 election

[Craig]

AS AMERICANS SALUTE OUR VETERANS ON VETERANS DAY, NUMBERS ARE COMING IN ON **HOW** VETERANS VOTED IN THE RECENT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
ACCORDING TO EXIT POLLING BY THE WASHINGTON POST, 12% OF VOTERS SERVED IN THE U.S. MILITARY. 65% SAY THEY VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP WHILE 34% SAID THEY CAST A BALLOT FOR KAMALA HARRIS. THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN PLAYED UP ITS TIES TO THE MILITARY AS VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT JD VANCE, SERVED IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS IN IRAQ.
IN ADDITION, TRUMP ADVOCATE TULSI GABBARD, WHO SERVED IN THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD AND WAS DEPLOYED TO THE WAR IN IRAQ AND YEARS LATER WAS STATIONED IN KUWAIT, CAMPAIGNED HEAVILY FOR TRUMP. THE FORMER DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKER ANNOUNCED DURING THE CAMPAIGN SHE WAS JOINING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND URGED VOTERS TO SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP. GABBARD IS A FREQUENT CRITIC OF ONGOING WARS
INCLUDING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S STRONG SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE.
THE VETERAN TURNOUT FOR TRUMP EXCEEDED POLLING EXPECTATIONS. A FALL PEW RESEARCH POLL FOUND THAT 61% OF REGISTERED VOTERS, WHO ARE VETERANS, SAID THEY WOULD VOTE FOR TRUMP WHILE 37% FAVORED HARRIS.
AND JUST WHERE DO AMERICA’S VETERANS LIVE TODAY?
TAKING A LOOK AT THE NATIONAL MAP AND MOST RECENT CENSUS DATA, ALASKA, VIRGINIA AND MONTANA HAVE THE HIGHEST POPULATION WHEN IT COMES TO VETERANS, ALL THREE BETWEEN ABOUT 9 AND 10.5 %.
MEANTIME WASHINGTON D-C, NEW YORK STATE AND NEW JERSEY HAVE THE LOWEST PERCENTAGES, RANGING FROM 3.2% TO 3.6 %
OVERALL, VETERANS MAKE UP ROUGHLY SIX PERCENT OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION. FOR MORE UNBIASED UPDATES, DOWNLOAD THE STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS AP