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
The military is made up of young men and women thay want there country to move forward not to stay in the dark ages with the GOP
Most Servicemen? 931…um that’s not even 1%, actually that isn’t even close to 1%…so you seven 931 servicemen out of 2 million, and that constitutes most Servicemen?
Goodbye troll. Go back to your cave – or your mommy’s basement and dream about Bernie Sanders getting elected and giving you free weed so you can stay in la-la land forever…..
Keep deflecting..
Yeah, maybe when he explains where the missing 3 mil from his veteran fundraiser is and apologizes to John McCain and all the POWs he insulted, I’ll start giving a damn what he thinks. Please yall, Trump is playing us veterans for a bunch of chumps.
Ms Barnhill, it’s always best to just not talk about things you don’t know anything about.
I wonder if service in the military ought not be a pre-requisite to being Commander-in-Chief (President)? We might actually have some real, sensible choices if that were the case!
Bernie’s the only one who’s tried to help them. His bill to create 28 new med centers and increased funding was quickly shot down by republicans. I was in the Army and i never understood the sheep mentality of why everyone has a hard on for republicans so much. They cut benefits every chance they can. Only reason they love going to war is bc of the contracts them/their friends cash in on. Halliburton made/stole a fortune at the expense of American lives. They had no problem spending trillions on 2 b******t wars, but when it comes to spending money to take care of my battles when they get home, it’s more like “sorry,$#%&!@*you. Here’s a ribbon. Thanks.” Ambien/Prozac aren’t good combos to prescribe in mass doses like they’ve been doing. Can’t tell the sheep nothing though. They’ll believe anything they’re told and follow it blindly.
And if any of you swinging dicks support Trump, go play in a Bosnian mine field. “He’s a hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.” is what he said of John McCain. McCain is a huge blue falcon nowadays, votes in favor of cutting VA benefits and$#%&!@*all the time. But he endured 8 years of hell while Trump was getting draft deferments in college. He also said that he’s always felt like he was in the military bc he got the same, if not more training than a lot of actual military guys do. So you Joes in here think a rich boy and a prep school got the same training as someone at Benning, Leonardwood, or Parris Island?$#%&!@*him. And we’re taught there’s only one color that matters – Green. Lots of minorities make up our services. And you’re going to let this$#%&!@*talk down about your battles and their families?
The military, especially the Army and Marines, is the most racist institution in America.$#%&!@*those welfare queens. KILL PEOPLE GET FREE STUFF.