https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/u...=pocket-newtab


"In Los Angeles, a region defined by liberal politics where many families are suspicious of the military, the Army has struggled to even gain access to high schools....

In 2019 the Army made a push to increase recruiting efforts in 22 liberal-leaning cities like Los Angeles. As part of that, Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy visited officials from the Los Angeles Unified School District in December to push for greater access...

“He was doing a sort of listening tour,” said Patricia Heideman, who is in charge of high school instruction for the school district and said there was a perception the military preys on disadvantaged students.“I told him from the educator perspective, we sometimes feel they are targeting our black and brown students and students of poverty,” she said.And therefore they are less likely to push enlistment."


Counties with highest recruitment rate:




Seems like rural and southern America (aka conservative America) is what holds this country together. Just about every person i met working in the energy sector is from rural/southern America too. Not to mention farmers, ranchers, etc.