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
Just goes to prove that you can find a few idiots anywhere.
Well, I think if people want a better job or education the you work hard for it. People who go to the most expensive schools, get degrees in useless fields, I got zero sympathy for.
People can easily get started at a community college and choose to study something relevant. My 2 year cost me about 8000. And now I got a stable 55k job.
If you choose to go to the most expensive school, have to have room and board, and out partying and missing class, getting a useless degree in art history….. no.. that shouldn’t be the burden of taxpayers.
And, not once have i said a positive word on socialism. If the military were “socialism”, everyone would be equal. E1 makes same money as an E9. Right? I mean that is bernies plan…
If you make 30k, he will take from the hard working to get you up to thier level. You earn nothing.
This “everyone should take care of everyone” is b******t and will make people weaker than they already are.
Where would be the incentive to work hard and get a good paying job, if you don’t reap the benefits from it? That’s why we all want to earn more, to have more. I don’t know anyone who earned a great job, so they could give away thier hard earned money.
Some of us see it as a slap in the face to hand others what I struggled for and earned. But, u seem to think all should be handed all they desire. No hard work, no drive, no self worth.. just government dependant drones….
But, I digress.
Bernie is a loser, according to the voters, and this entire conversation is moot.
Trump was against the iraq war, Hillary voted for it.
Trump was against the iraq war Hillary voted for it. Who’s the war monger again.
Justin Lee Do you realise that Trump was given four deferments during the Vietnam war? Sanders has done more for veterans than all the other candidates combined.
27% is a plurality not a majority.
Donald Trump? Yeah, right. Lol
The shame is that those who support him don’t have the slightest idea about where Donald Trump would take us.
Fine, explain why you have hated him since the beginning then. You knew nothing about what kind of president he would be.
As far as military jobs, how many billion do we spend on our military each year. We outspend the next five countries put together because the republicans get their campaign money from companies like Halliburton. The GOP would have our troops in Iran by now if it weren’t for Obamas diplomatic efforts. If there is a way to cut military spending, why not. Our roads, bridges, and water systems in this country are falling apart. There are a million better ways to spend the money then policing the whole world.