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Why Veterans Run\nby Jeremy M. Teigen\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Jeremy M. Teigen\nTitle: Why Veterans Run\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Elections and referenda / suffrage\nPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S.\nPublication year: 2018\nISBN-13: 9781439914366\nISBN-10: 1439914362\nRRP: \u00A327.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThe assumptions that military service helps candidates attract voteswhile lacking it harms a candidate's chanceshas been an article of faith since the electoral coronation of George Washington in 1789. Perhaps the most compelling fact driving the perception that military service helps win votes is the large number of veterans who have held public office. Some candidates even exaggerate their military service to persuade voters. However, su.