In an ensuing article, “Attitudes vs. Actions,” LaPiere concluded that polls about social attitudes often reflect how respondents feel rather than how they’ll actually behave. military service. Some said the policy change could “break the all-volunteer force.”Yet after the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy ended in 2011, nothing of the kind took place. “There was no mass exodus of military members as a result of repeal, and there were only two verifiable resignations linked to the policy change, both military chaplains,” the report said. While it’s impossible to know how many, if any, of those voters actually declined to vote for Mr. Obama because of his position, he handily won re-election.

Source: New York Times December 04, 2019 11:00 UTC