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
WE need a tough President who will not cave to special interest groups. One who will build OUR military and make sure the military receive speedy medical assistance when they need it. I will go with Trump. He may not be as well versed as the DC establishment but he will learn if he surrounds himself with good solid patriots. NO more pc correctness and no more twistedness from the left. I’m done with it. USA USA USA
I’m a disabled OIF combat veteran and I’m voting Trump in 2016, and I’m not stupid. Now, secure yourself an about face and go$#%&!@*yourself.
I’m a veteran and am damned proud to have served in the Army under President George W. Bush.
Cooper’s a douche.
Who the hell are you to say what our service members need? What they deserve is respect and support, and not to be stifled by some spineless liberal democrat.
No.
What the military needs is leaders who will exhaust every opportunity to not to have to deploy them to foreign lands.
President Obama has done a fine job of bringing our blood and treasure home from 1 war that was badly mismanaged by Bush, and 1 that never should have started.
This is yet one more reason why Americans will not elect another “conservative” to the White House anytime soon.
Those withdraws were already written into agreement during the Bush administration. Obama had nothing at all to do with it, except allowing it to occur.
Josh Strigle You have a hearing and a comprehension problem. What part of illegal don’t you understand? Raising over 6 million for veterans. Tell me one other person that has done even a small fraction of that??? Trump is an American for the American people!!!! Josh, it’s people like you that are embarrassing us around the world NOT the people who want Trump in office!!!!!!
You may want to turn up your hearing aid. TRUMP said– ***”Perhaps Mccain IS a WAR HERO***. Read the transcripts. He said, he’s not a war hero for being shot down AND that IS TRUE. He’s not a War Hero for being captured AND that is true. HE’S not even a WAR HERO for being tortured. I don’t think MCcain disagrees with this. He certainly says he wasn’t a great pilot which if he had been, he probably wouldn’t have been captured. **€€€ BUT, He IS A WAR HERO BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO LEAVE BEING CAPTURED. HIS relatives were officers so he was offered to leave. He stayed, honored his code and helped a lot of men in doing so. THAT MAKES HIM A WAR HERO not getting captured. You seemed locked on unreality and misquoting Trump. Good luck.
Wendy Green No, I don’t have a comprehension or hearing problem. What Donald Trump said was racist and blatantly a lie.
Bernie Sanders introduced a bill in 1991 that sought to reimburse money that National Guard and Reserve servicemembers lost when they deployed to the Persian Gulf. Bernie was also a key player in getting $5 billion dollars to help fund the VA and $10 billion so that veterans could see a private doctor when the VA was overwhelmed. Not to mention the fact that Bernie Sanders will do his best to prevent the American military from getting killed or injured in wars we don’t belong in, while Donald Trump would.
Trump on the other hand, two months after his fundraiser, has not given most of the money he raised for veterans to the veterans organizations.
http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/03/03/donald-trump-veterans-donations-money-newday.cnn
Tony Johnston I can hear just fine, thanks. So what you are saying is that it isn’t heroic when our servicemembers die for our country? That’s the same concept.