How did the troops in Iraq vote?

[bunkerbuster1]

I've googled this, found nothing.

Why has this information been buried? Surely some kind of exit polling was done to determine how the active-duty troops in Iraq wanted for President in November, no?

I gotta think if they went for Bush, that the reThug machinery would be trumpeting this in all the usual steno-pool outlets.

Instead, we've heard nothing for over a month.

Anyone know? Anyone trying to find out?

[Not_Giving_Up]

1. My brother is deployed

I found out that he chose not to vote because he figured it wouldn't matter anyway. I chewed him out, but it was already done.

[Catchawave]

2. Are they allowed to discuss politics?

Even in the form of an exit poll? Just wondering if city, state and federal employees are supposed to remain loyal to whoever's in charge at the time?

[jsascj]

4. Good question BUT

In 2000 the Repubs were falling all over themselves to claim that Dumbya got the military vote.

2004- not a peep!

Guess we'll just have to do the math ourselves.

[electropop]

13. That's what I think.

The troops almost certainly voted against Bush in huge numbers. They're not stupid. Bush 'worked hard' to lose their votes.

[Racenut20]

6. Government employees in DC & Md

Have long been considered a Democratic vote. Especially the older ones. Has to do with who was in office when they were hired.

[Demit]

3. I think that one is worth hounding the MSM on! It's a question that's

popping up here on a regular basis, and no one knows. It is likely that if the military vote went heavily Bush, it would be trumpeted loud and long by the WH. Ergo, silence. AND the silent complicity of the corporate media.

[bunkerbuster1]

8. It seems like the most painfully obvious question in the world for the MSM

And yet nobody's investigating it, from what I can tell.

I've posted this question in another forum, got the same kind of shoulder shrugs. Nobody knows, nobody's investigating, nobody's polling, apparently.

[WebeBlue]

5. Wanting to find out also, have 2 over there

and know how they voted = Not B***, but I'd be real interested to see how the military voted. Question has been asked by many, but no one has yet been able to find the statistical data.

[StClone]

7. I read in a post awhile back

that there was a push to get the overseas votes in early this year, and that many of them were counted in with absentee ballots. Not sure how accurate this is.

[merh]

9. There was a thread posted some time last week that said

those numbers would not be made known until after Jan. 20, you know it takes a while to do all that counting. :argh:

[moesse]

10. Just called my local county election board

Absentee votes by Paper ballots (early voting here was done on machines) broke as follows:

Kerry 729
Bush 1037
Total 1785

This is Rutherford County Tennessee and I was told there is no breakdown for JUST the military vote and in fairness, this vote count could be skewed because of the recommendation that folks vote early and by paper ballot. That may be why the MSM is not reporting.

[wtmusic]

11. Word is from the few soldiers coming back

that it was fairly evenly split

[NewYorkerfromMass]

12. 55 - 45 Bush

is what I have heard, but I have no link, only what I keep reading on the internets. ( I forget which internet, but it was definitely one of them)
I believe it was very close which is why we have not heard any story from either side.

[TN al]

14. Even a 55-45 split for Bush should be something for us to talk about...

...Everything I had ever heard before this election, and from my own experience from elections held while I was in the army, it always broke 70-30 repub at least.

[Midlodemocrat]

15. I heard the same thing

...but can't find it on any of the internets, nor Lexis Nexis.