{"id":1662791,"date":"2022-09-28T15:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T19:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1662791"},"modified":"2022-09-28T15:54:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T19:54:10","slug":"parties-turn-to-military-veterans-as-voters-see-them-as-trustworthy-problem-solving-team-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parties-turn-to-military-veterans-as-voters-see-them-as-trustworthy-problem-solving-team-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Parties Turn to Military Veterans as Voters See Them as Trustworthy, Problem-Solving Team Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fparties-turn-to-military-veterans-as-voters-see-them-as-trustworthy-problem-solving-team-players%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1662791&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Since the end of the U.S. military draft in 1973, the number of former service members elected to Congress has been steadily dwindling.<\/p>\n<p>Before the mid-70s, one out of every four senators and congressional representatives had served in the military. With 93 veterans\u201417 in the Senate, 76 in the House\u2014seated with the 117th Congress in 2020, that ratio is now less than one-in-six, the lowest percentage since at least before World War II.<\/p>\n<p>The trend appears to be reversing, albeit slowly.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, more than 350 veterans ran in party primaries, with 173 winning. In 2020, about 400 ran, with 182 winning preliminary contests, according to With Honor Action, a \u201ccross-partisan organization\u201d that supports veterans.<\/p>\n<p> Aggressive Recruiting <\/p>\n<p>More than 400 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-military-veterans\">military veterans<\/a> also ran for Congress in House and Senate primaries during the 2022 midterm cycle with 180 winning races to earn berths on November ballots for 162 races, With Honor Action reports.<\/p>\n<p>The National Republican Congressional Committee reported this spring that it had recruited 251 veterans to run for federal office during the 2022 midterms, with about half that number running as Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Both parties aggressively recruit veterans to run because, as surveys and studies such as a 2016 analysis by Pew Research Center show, Americans believe military veterans are more likely to work together as elected officials to solve problems even when they disagree.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving more veterans run and hold office at every level of government is, we believe, the key to getting this country back on track and increasing faith and respect in our political system,\u201d Al Quaye, president of American Veterans Honor Fund, told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>The Alexandria, Virginia-based American Veterans Honor Fund, not to be confused with North Carolina-based With Honor Action, provides training and resources for veterans who \u201cwant to run for office and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the end of the U.S. military draft in 1973, the number of former service members elected to Congress has been steadily dwindling. Before the mid-70s, one out of every four senators and congressional representatives had served in the military. 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