If a new poll is to be believed, Donald Trump has earned the support of one of the most coveted voting demographics.
After surveying 931 members of the armed forces, researchers found that out of all the candidates running for president in both parties, Trump was the preferred choice for the majority of them. A solid 27% of the survey’s respondents said he was their favorite candidate, with his closest rival being socialist Democrat Bernie Sanders who came in at 22%.
More specifically, Trump enjoyed high levels of support from the Army and Marines, both of which saw 30% of respondents listing him as their choice. Although he wasn’t the preferred choice of respondents in the Air Force or Navy, he still had significant levels of support, with the branches having 23.58% and 22.35% of their members favoring him respectively.
The numbers are a major boon to Trump, who has been hounded by critics for his relative lack of foreign experience. Earning such impressive levels of support from servicemen will undoubtedly help him mute such attacks.
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Although Trump may lack traditional foreign policy credentials, the men and women of the military seem to think that he has a strong grasp on the subject and can be counted on to look out for the country’s best interests. Gaining the support of such an esteemed group alone is a worthy accomplishment for anyone seeking the presidency:
“The data seems to indicate that the GOP national security establishment’s attempt to discredit Trump’s foreign policy credibility has failed — at least as far as servicemembers are concerned.
Trump’s hardline stances on national security issues appear to have attracted dedicated support from members of the military, though several military officials have complained about his aggressive statements on torture and the killing of terrorists’ families, which Trump had to walk back.
Officers surveyed still favor Trump, albeit by a smaller margin than regular enlisted troops. Officers ranked Trump first with 21 percent support and Cruz second with 18 percent.
And even though Sanders has also been perceived as weak on foreign policy, that fact hasn’t hurt his polling numbers among servicemembers.
Despite Sen. Marco Rubio’s attempts to prioritize foreign policy in his platform and despite the Republican national security establishment essentially throwing all of its might behind his campaign, he ranks second to last in the survey.”
Source: Daily Caller
Funny, I’ve seen higher ups in the military say they wouldn’t follow his command
How many veterans has McCain sold out …Im sure its all A O.K. because he was a P.O.W
http://usanewsflash.com/breaking-u-s-military-just-made-massive-announcement-elections/
That has nothing to do with anything. Trump mocked him because he was captured
Hope they get to vote.
Josh Strigle, yay, you can pay more taxes. That’s an intelligent choice.
Trump is always talking about the military and how grateful he is to them. I can’t imagine Bernie Sanders is any more respectful to the military but I am going to research.
Josh Strigle, I’m typing slowly so maybe you can understand. He said McCain wasn’t a hero because he didn’t do a heroic act. He was captured and that was not like a choice to do or not to do. Not saying I agree but he is entitled to what his opinion of a hero is. I personally thank, respect and think anyone that serves this country is a hero. But that is my opinion and I am not one to tell Trump his opinion is wrong.
They will probably lose their votes in the mail from their absentee votes !
Huh?