Not Putting Their Money Where Their Mouth Is: Retired Flag Officers and Presidential Endorsements

And this work is based on my co-authored article at @iusafs that I wrote while teaching at @WestPointSOSH https://t.co/dQ3Pwu4ZD4

Since 1988, retired generals and admirals have increasingly endorsed presidential candidates. Below, I updated the data from my co-authored @iusafs paper to include these endorsements. (2/5) https://t.co/dQ3Pwu4ZD4 https://t.co/yuRf27mEy0

@jimgolby @AWarriorScholar @JarodATaylor I'm working on a longitudinal study of contributions by flag officers who endorse after they retire. Stay tuned for that, but check out this analysis of contributions by retired flag officers 👇https://t.co/EcCKuWExD

@GuySnodgrass @jimgolby This is right! I tried to find a correlation between endorsements by retired flag officers and appointments for this article, but non-Senate appointments are too numerous (transition teams, minor posts, etc.) and not catalogued http