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
If you have disliked him from the beginning, then you just hate blacks. Just admit that you’re a flaming racist. How could you dislike him before he even did anything.
Joshua Howe I’m not necessarily more intelligent, but Trump supporters are anti-intellectual. Anti-intellectual people
are people who believe that intellect and reason are less important than actions and emotions in solving practical problems and understanding reality. They’re poor thinkers basically.
Why should I respect people that support Trump? They want an Authoritarian ruler who has insulted veterans, women, the disabled, his own voters, and Mexicans. He said that his own daughter has a good body and he’d date her if she wasn’t his daughter. He has no legitimate plans on anything. They’re unrealistic and stupid. He literally has no relevant experience to be President. He has incited violence and empowered racists. He has said he would commit war crimes and believes he can force the military to do them. He has already damaged our image around the world and he’s just a candidate. Vladimir Putin endorsed Donald Trump. Vladimir Putin.
This country would not crumble under socialism. Our military is a product of socialism. So are our police and fire departments. So are public schools and jails. That’s all socialism. As far as going more socialist is concerned, every other industrialized country in the world is more socialist than we are. Germany has the third best economy in the world and they offer colleges for free, even to Americans. Norway, Denmark, and Sweden are much more socialist than we are and they’re doing just fine. Australia, France, UK, and Canada have universal health care and are doing just fine. There is no logical reason to be against tuition free colleges and universal health care. There is also no evidence that people get lazy just because college tuition and health care are free.
Joshua Howe The KKK is a Conservative organization. Historical fact.
No 1, I don’t believe anything that this conservative site says. No 2, refer to no 1.
You need to learn how to read and comprehend what you have read. I did not say that at all.
Joshua Howe, was. Yes, 60 yrs ago. Not any more and you know it so don’t be an$#%&!@* Who did they endorse. Trump.
Anti intellectual, you sir win the Oscar for under statements.
Landslide ….
November2016
Just get used to saying President Trump.
Bernie can’t even beat an unethical liar at the ballots, so I’m not in fear of bernie and his destructive plans that will only create more entitled whiney bitches.
And, kkk was created by Democrats in order to strong arm southern Republicans. However, most southern Republicans were black, and the organization turned into an anti black hate group. Point remains, they wouldn’t exist had the Democrats not funded and initiated it.
Joshua Howe ARMY. As in aren’t real Marines yet so sit down before I beat your$#%&!@*for fun