text: why do so few of our elected officials in washington have sons or daughters serving in the military?   well, partly because so many of them didn't serve either. relatively few of our elected officials are vets. mainly because we've not had a draft to force them into service, so many choose not to. they tend to be more affluent, too, so they don't choose military service as an option to get out of bad economic situations. plus many are very politically aware and might disagree with how the president or congress might use the military.