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
Ernie Moreno You’re right. We should reduce taxes. That way, you can watch what happens when our education, health care, military, social security, fire departments, and law enforcement programs are underfunded. Kansas thought it would be a good idea to cut taxes on businesses and the state has been broke ever since.
http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article69244712.html
Air Force here and although Donald Trump is not my first choice I WILL support the Republican Party and WILL NOT vote for a democrat.
cruz
Josh Strigle pffft. I don’t want dictators, criminals and commies as Pres so….I vote in my best interest.
Sean Taylor how can you group ALL Air Force and Navy voting for Sanders? Sanders was in charge of the VA and look how that turned out and all the criminality going on. I’d take Trump over a commie, a career criminal and a sellout Lyin’ Ted anyday.
Daniel Young Bernie Sanders is none of those things. Donald Trump would be though.
Crux will sell us out in a heartbeat. Nooooo Cruz
Shithead SMH
Sam Teitelbaum of you want a small sample of what “free” health-care would look like, Google “VA health complaints”
As usual people want whoever will take care of them. Surprise surprise