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
Dnt be telling us$#%&!@*about John McCain, and if u never served yourself I suggest and recommend u mind your own business MCCAIN sold himself to obama had a call on better the VA and never did so yea trump is not wrong you can honor his service but he was talking to him as a person and John McCain betrayed all veterans and what we stand for!!
F**k Trump, from a fellow Vet
Cant believe Sanders got 22%….who in their right military mind would want him? Lol
Our military needs a back bone to support them they need trump he will see to all there needs wich are not being done now
What a great group of people trump supporters we know how to go forward nothing takes us down
I love how trump supporters automatically think Bernie supporters live in basements of their parents and doesn’t work…guess I’ll keep going on thinking trump supporters are just inbred hicks I guess.
It don’t matter who is in charge. You give everything you have when your in and when your out they try to take everything away from you.
Idiots like you are an embarresment to this country and yourself.
The few that do not look at the Presidential race as a political game. They rightfully care about who they stand a better chance of coming home . Why have a President who respects and loves them,when the cameras are on.
People in the military do not want political correctness! When overseas if you shoot a civilian you go to jail for 20 years but what people fail to realize is that soldiers are getting shot at while making difficult decisions. All politicians want war in this election. If we are going to war lets do it right, soldiers don’t need politics in combat.