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
Dreama Lewis You were typing slowly for yourself, not for me. What he said disrespected all veterans. Period. McCain was shot down and captured while he was serving this country. If he had died instead of be captured, wouldn’t he have still been a loser according to Donald Trump’s logic? Wouldn’t other vets who’ve died be a loser by his logic? What about when Trump said he would make the military commit war crimes? Is that caring for our military? Use your brain, Dreama. Surely you have one.
Funny, where did you hear that? Citations?
Trump for President
Dreama Lewis You didn’t read it?
Stop being lazy and Google it.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3411230/posts
Google.
Why in the world would anyone want Hillary?????????????????
Susan Morgan, that’s a blatant lie… Obama has stopped getting equipment, supplies, planes & aircraft carriers, that cost millions of dollars to grease the pockets of the Military Industrial Complex, in exchange they put money in the coffers of the politicians who that own lock, stock & smoking barrels… Bush 43 depleted the military by going into the Iraq war & soldiers doing 4 & 5 tours of duty…. And when the came home it was Republicans who voted against several veterans benefits bills until they were shamed into voting for Bernie Sanders sponsored bill…. Lies & debunked talking points…. You do also understand that Southern whites in rural areas & military families are not only the core of the GOP base, but their also the majority of the 47%…. not because of anything Obama did, but it was Bush 43 who took 1.37 trillion from social security & never replaced it to pay for his first round of tax cuts, which should also prove; that trickle down economic ( voodoo, Reaganomics, supply side ), doesn’t work neither because Bush only created 3 million jobs, – 646,000 were private sector; but lost 8 million & millions of American households lost a 3rd of its wealth…… Susan Morgan, the military would’ve never been gutted if Bush 43 would’ve invaded & occupied a country that had absolutely nothing to do with 9 / 11, not to mention that CIA Briefer Michael Morell conceded that$#%&!@*Cheney & the Bush administration lied & mislead the American ppl into the Iraq war….
He’s retired. Look for the statements that were what we were talking about rather than for what you want to see.