Democrat Charles Rangle has been making a lot of noise this year about instituting a military draft. One of his main points is that the military is made up mostly of low income and minorities. Rangle advocates a draft because he wants to send "rich kids" and specifically, the sons and daughters of his fellow Senators and Congressmen, to the front line.
It turns out that the military is a fairly good representative cross-section of the country both economically and racially.
There is, however, one major way in which the military does not represent a cross-section of America: political party. The vast majority of those who voluntarily serve in the military are Republicans.
So, it turns out Charles Rangle may be right, with one small modification: Draft Democrats!
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