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
Cindy Lufkin Trask Don’t be stupid. Nobody in the United States needs to research the KKK to know what they stand for. Trump knows full well what they stand for and he isn’t being hard on them because they represent a significant portion of his fanbase. I can’t believe I’m reading you defending the KKK – they aren’t defenders of the Constitution. Trump did not say that some of the Mexicans were rapists and drug dealers. He said they were rapists and drug dealers and some were ok – the exact opposite of what you said. We shouldn’t stop taking Muslims in because a statistically insignificant portion of them may be terrorists. Should we deport all Christians every time they kill people in the US?
No, you aren’t smart enough. You’re embarrassingly stupid as are all of Trump’s supporters. The entire world can’t believe that Trump has been allowed to get this far. Trump spreads hate and divisiveness. You’d have to be blind to see otherwise because it is an absolute fact. It is also a fact that Trump is an Authoritarian and Republicans are fascists. Look it up. We should hate Trump because he stands for everything this country is supposed to stand against.
Joshua Howe I can see you now at one of $#%&!@*s rallies defending$#%&!@*from protesters who claim he spreads hate.
Heidi GC The Bundy terrorists are criminals. Merrick Garland is a moderate judge. Trump does not love america and certainly does not give a$#%&!@*about vets. Pull your head from your ass
wish the survey had more than 931 participants -and- the numbers don’t reveal a strong favorite – future and better surveys should be interesting
I don’t know if i can give Obama the benefit of doubt ………….. I believe Obama and Hillary were there for the reason of pushing the fraudulent Video they used to start the Arab spring which backfired in their face and then say they had nothing to do with it and that’s a proven fact.
Trump it is…
He would probably make them wear his ridiculous looking cap !
Galons answer makes too much sense so they won’t like it !
LOL ! Must be listing to the Trump reality ! He says one thing then the opposite a day later. Said Wall will be 4 million then he said 6,then 9 now he says 12. Research says it’s more like 24 million ! Just more BS from this guy !
Obama cares so much that’s why he promised to fix the VA and vets still die on secret waiting lists… All politicians have used vets as tokens to further their political campaign but Bush took more time to meet with soldiers far more often then Obama has