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
Point is, free is not free. But, those who think it is, don’t care who gets hurt by it.
Just as you have said.. basically I should “want” to pay my earned money, to educate entitled kids, and provide healthcare for others. Well, sorry not sorry, I don’t feel that’s my responsibility. I feel our society benefits more from me being responsible for me and my family. And others doing the same.
Unless I chose the degree path, or dictate drug, tobacco, and alcohol use of those who I’m paying for, I shouldn’t be paying.
If giving away money is so great, send yours my way. I can find uses for it, and you don’t need it… right?
I don’t believe it
every president i seen elected to office has said the same bull$#%&!@*about how they are going to help the vets and so on and yet us vets are still at the bottom so ya vote for trump and see how fast we get into an all out war with another country because he cant keep his loud mouth shut
I hope Trump gets in so vets can see who really had their back. Ask congress how come they blocked your raise , let’s not forget when they shut down the government and we could not use commissary and PX where was Trump then?
Ted Schippan, trump all the way!!! No bern freebies!! Lol
Josh Strigle, we have had Obama for 7 years…we are already an embarrassment
Trump? The guy who avoided the draft on five occasions? The same guy who said he always felt like he was in the military because at prep school he received more military training than people who are actually in the military? Cmon now.
Personally, I’m with Bernie. Id rather a guy who I know would do everything he could to choose peace and avoid war and meaningless deaths over someone who dodged it multiple times. I say this as a veteran. Just thought I’d throw that out there before assume they know me based on my political views.
I can’t believe, well maybe I can, that I’m the only one who liked your comment. I’m a veteran and would rather not have someone like trump who dodged the draft multiple times, who speaks of wars basically as an only option, lead our country.
Can’t understand any veteran supporting killing families. Isis men ok! Women and children no. Unless they haves guns, then that’s something else. Trump wants a bigger war because he dodged the last one. So he can feel like a big man.