David Leal over at the University of Texas and I just published a piece in Electoral Studies about electoral turnout and previous military service.We find that veterans participate in elections more than a similarly-situated nonveteran. More interestingly, we show that military service helps those with low levels of formal education a lot: being a vet especially helps those to the polls who face lower-than-usual likelihood of voting.
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Jeremy Teigen 