and elections class and they'e very interested in who has the presidential election, how can daystarcurlicue groups, the attention they get to questions of their role as commander-in-chief and there hasn't been as much emphasis and not in this presidential election and others. >> host: can members of the military done a presidential campaign? >> guest: yes, they certainly can. the restrictions about what members of the military can do. they can attend political rallies. can put bumper stickers on their cars. they can donate to political campaigns, but they can't do anything in uniform in a capacity that would lead people to believe the military supporting one candidate or another because the military strictly nonpartisan. >> host: professor doherty, have you looked way more military members are republicans than democrats at all? >> guest: i haven't. some not something i've studied systematically, but i would say that while that statement on a broader level is supported by evidence, there's a