Military vote in what sense?
Obama did quite well on most bases vs. Kerry in 2004, but generally lost them.
That's about what I meant, Al. That and military absentees from abroad.
I've only looked at Washington extensively, and these are the only ones I have off-hand. I'll try to get some other states soon.
Fairchild AFB (Spokane): McCain +32 (was Bush +56)
Ford Lewis AB (Tacoma): Obama +3 (was Bush +19)
McChord AFB (Tacoma): McCain +24 (was Bush +45)
The last two are early results and have likely moved 3-4 points GOP. But still...
Of course, there's a lot of registration issues (many register elsewhere but don't vote) and this includes on-base family members. But, with those considerations, big swings. I think Obama appealed better attitudinally to military people -- who do vote for reasons beyond foreign policy after all.
John Kerry was, um, probably not their kind of people.
