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
So James Wilson your picking the one that has let seals die and done god knows what with classified documents not the brightest are you
I’m curious how many here talking about “draft dodgers” have actually served. Besides James Wilson, show your hands.
If you didn’t serve, STFU about draft dodgers.
And BTW, Bernie would not send any of you to war. He wants these foreign entities to learn to defend themselves.
Like how he had a fund-raiser, and didn’t hand over all the money?
Is that the kind of care vets need?
http://time.com/4286473/donald-trump-veterans-charity/
Bernie sanders is for the lazy ppl who don’t wanna work and have everything handed to them.
The democrats running one is a socialist the other is a brainwashing lying retard who has told so many lies does know what is fact or fiction trump is the only one up there that an fix the mess we are in run the country like a business we have a sending problem sanders and Clinton can’t fix only trump can Cruz will circle jerk the whole time he is in office much like he has in the senate it’s been six years still no wall no proposal for the wall trump would have it done in a year or two he knows the right people to get it done
Josh Strigle Clinton said far worse saying babies don’t have rights killing innocent babies is a choice if you get a woman pregnant it’s not right to kill the baby that’s a person it’s a sad world we live in its amazing God hasn’t come back yet and said time out
Justin Anderson Lol thanks man. I needed a good laugh. You went from completely knowing nothing about politics to talking about your imaginary invisible wizard friend.
My grandpa and 6 of his brothers risked their life and gave the flesh and blood for this military. They are for Trump. Ha
McCain was and remains, a Traitor. The enemy called him Songbird, because he sang like a canary. He wasn’t tortured. They didn’t have to torture him. He gave intel, freely. His injuries were his own damn fault. He was a shitty pilot, and failed to properly eject, causing his injuries. He’s not a hero. He’s a Traitor. Just listen to the real Heroes that were imprisoned with him. Your argument about him calling out McCain is invalid.
The fact that 22% want Bernie tells me that our Country is doomed.