question about the military

[freepcrusher]

does anyone here think that it draws from the same demographic as the NFL? By that I mean that most of the people in the NFL are the same demographic in the military? I think that if I can make that case, I could probably write a thesis for it.

[freepcrusher]

basically what I'm saying is that I had always thought that football fans and players probably lean republican, especially if you subtract the black football players or black soldiers. Then I realized that football is the most popular where the military is too. It seems like a lot of people in the army share the same demographic of the football players except they weren't good enough to play after HS or that a lot of guys in college and pro football would be in the army if they weren't good enough to play.

It seems that both the army and football get guys who are often from rural areas, small town or small cities. Many of them seem to be from families that are at or maybe slightly below the national average in terms of income and mobility. Also many of them aren't really ivory tower types and of average cognitive ability and would have a questionable future if they weren't playing football or in the army.