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
Absolutely, William Allen.. Your spot on, but unfortunately, the ACA doesn’t cover selective amnesia, but it does however cover mental illness because it’s insane to keep telling lies & debunked talking points. Conservatives have an revistists history of Ronald Wilson Reagan & selective amnesia of Bush & Benedict Cheney.
No time for an inexperienced ” rookie ” with 7 words in his vocabulary and no ideas just tell em what they want to hear !
Trump doesn’t even know Brussels is a city not a country ! Wow ! President Really ?? What a joke
John Dowdy Obama has made massive cuts to the military! That’s a fact!!! Thanks to all who served!!!!
Thanks to all who is/ has served!!!
Josh Strigle, once again you think you know more than you do.
I pay gorgeous my healthcare. Paid for most of my college. I’m guard, and a federal employee on the civilian side.
I’m not active duty. I do “active duty” work for better pay.
Nice try thinking I don’t pay…
Joshua Howe So what you’re telling me is that taxpayers pay for your services regardless of which job your doing. You really showed me a thing or two there..
I’m sorry. Let me make it clear.
I had to get educated, and compete to earn the job I have maintaining helicopters for my state. It wasn’t handed to me. I earned it.
Spin it how you want. I’m a taxpayer, I pay for my healthcare, no handouts for me (other than a va loan on my house, which I earned from deploying in Afghanistan).
Say all your bs, socialism is a failed ideology for America. The voters don’t want socialism. Only those wanting handouts, and have no desire to earn with hard work are supporting him.
How can a veteran follow a draft dodging coward. Trump talks about the old days. Trump would have been shunned, as a coward.
So you think everyone should struggle with the cost of an education? That makes no sense. You’re supposed to want to improve the country, not hold it back.
It just blows my mind that you talk about socialism positively in one sentence then bash it in the next. Without socialism, we would not have a military, police, firefighters, public education, poverty programs, or social security.
It’s also a complete lie that only people looking for handouts want socialism. Some people just happen to care about people other than themselves and want to improve the country.