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
Shut the$#%&!@*up you$#%&!@*
TRUMP IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE FOR OUR VETERANS!
Good combatants
You’re absolutely clueless please go stick your head back in the sand. Oh that’s where it has been
IF TRUMP ISN’T IN THE WHITE HOUSE IT WILL BE POLITICS AS USUAL WE CAN KISS OUR COUNTRY GOOD BYE THIS COULD BE ARE LAST CHANCE TO SAVE OUR COUNTRY AMERICA NEEDS TRUMP
Really Josh, have you ever served or fought? You have no right to speak on the subject in wsr there are no rules you kill or be killed , you’re just a follower in your liberal fantasyland
Richard Munson Yes, there ARE rules. It’s not a liberal fantasyland I live in – it’s real life. You have NO idea what you are talking about.
Heidi GC Of course you have to attack me personally because you can’t attack what I said because it is 100% right
Hope they all vote that way!!
He backed out if having military commit crimes. He will change rules of engagement instead to include stricter techniques to get them. Trump didn’t intend to insult all vets. He reacted to McCain poorly. Trump denounces all hate groups but the media takes his statements and makes him seem racist. He is against illegals, they need to become legal, muslims until we can vet them better. And where dud you get him ignoring right to free speech?