Not all military types lean to the political right.
A case in point is Austin Binns, a former Eagle Scout and an active and highly competent ROTC officer — as well as a militant socialist activist. Though leaning to the left since his teens, Binns (see KeyWiki article) has gone overboard since studying politics at Philadelphia’s Drexel University.
Five years ago Binns was a volunteer for Obama for America. He followed that up with campaign work for the unsuccessful runs of leftist Philadelphia Democrats like Allyson Schwartz (governor), and Manan Trivedi (U.S. House).
In 2015 he interned in the Washington D.C. office of U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Penn.)
But since 2016, while still serving in the U.S. military, Mr. Binns has been actively involved with the Philly Socialists, and one of their student groups, Drexel Socialists.