Does the US Armed Forces really hate the Democratic Party?

Answer 1

As an institution of government, the US Armed Forces has no official political opinion, but if we are talking about members of the US Armed Forces, they are overwhelmingly Republican. The reason for this is twofold: (1) the military tends to attract members who come from Republican areas of the country, such as rural territories and strongly patriotic parts of the country, even though there is a large amount of recruiting in Democratic inner cities, and (2) Republican politicians are generally in favor of increased defense spending and Democratic politicians are generally in favor of decreasing defense spending, so it is for job security that many in the US Armed Forces vote Republican.