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
I think that it should be a repuirement for anyone running for president to have served. How can you expect any person to perform the duties of Commander in Chief with no experience? Would you hire someone to run a hospital with no medical experience? How about a law firm with no legal experience. As a 26 yr retired vet, I dont like ANY of our choices. Our military has not had a president support them in years. I just wish more people would really understand that being the Commander in Chief is the Presidents BIGGEST JOB!
B******t. Saying only service members deserve to vote is total and complete nonsense. Also inferring everyone who serves gains some valuable insight into what this country needs to function is nonsense.
Am Muslim and I donate to wounded worries when ever I can am proud of it!! so is that mean trump has more money then I he is more patriot then I and more like me the American ppl care for their worries but government never have so remember that when trump gets in he will be the same us the ones that came bfr him but as ppl we will always be here for our worries god bless the USA
That just means 27% of the people surveyed are idiots. Just look up the letter he wrote to the mayor get not allow the vets to sell there products on 5th Avenue to make extra money to survive because it was a bad look for that pristine real estate
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So a great leader is someone who will send them to war, not one that tries to avoid war?
He’ll stand up for soldiers unless they get captured, then they will be “losers”…
Sure… And this poll is totally not fixed or slanted!