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
Is been doomed for 7.5 years. …
Longer than that I’m afraid. Began with FDR and the entitlement programs. When the government steals money from the makers and gives it to the takers, THAT, is when we were doomed.
True….I guess what I’m saying is the height of the cliff were about to fall from has been dramatically increased….a fall this country might not survive.
We won’t. Most Americans just refuse to see what is right in front of them. Best thing we can invest in today is guns and ammo. When it all comes crashing down, and it will, I want a stockpile.
Jeremy Creason So? Bernie has a ton of veteran supporters too. Why? Because Bernie helped acquire desperately needed money for the VA so they could hire more staff to help vets. Bernie also doesn’t want to put Americans in harms way needlessly in perpetual war like most of Congress does.
Mr Merriett, just start making your T-shirts. Stay out of things you don’t understand. You were never in the military and you don’t know the Military Chain of Command. So you don’t know what your talking about. Your just repeating BS you heard. Goes to show, someone does your thinking for you. I’ll repeat, stay out of things you don’t understand. To want voice’s in your head, show a personality trait, that you need to talk with a professional. Like I said, it shows you can’t think for your self. Now I understand and feel very sorry for your. Maybe go back and sue your college, for not teaching you how to think for yourself. I guess you should ask your wife what you should do. She does your thinking for you anyways. That’s what your T-shirt tells me.
Josh Strigle Are you$#%&!@*
Hahaha, Navy and air force can suck it!
How is raising taxes a good thing? They’re already high enough. I don’t want to be taxed anymore. I’ve earned everything I have. So should everyone else.
Ronnie Maddron No, I’m not. Are you an$#%&!@*