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Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 59, No. 4, 601-607 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/106591290605900409

Enduring Effects of the Uniform: Previous Military Experience and Voting Turnout

Jeremy M. Teigen

Ramapo College

Military service has the capacity to inculcate members with politically relevant traits that influence political participation later in life. Results from three decades of pooled national cross-sectional data among males indicate that previous experience with the military, the most controlling and least democratic facet of American democracy, has a largely positive effect on turnout propensity. For WWII, Korean War, and post-conscription era veterans, previous military service positively influences turnout when compared to contemporaries without military service, while Vietnam-era veterans exhibited lower turnout rates than non-veteran peers. Evidence suggests that socialization effects rival self-selection bias in explaining increased veteran turnout.


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