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
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I very highly doubt this polls accuracy most military I know including myself are either Ron Paul supporters some like his son rand, Bernie supporters or just don’t care
Trump will do more for veterans and the military than ANY other candidate, PERIOD!
Todd Meldrum No, he wouldn’t. He hasn’t even given most of the money from his veterans fundraiser several months ago to the veterans groups who were supposed to get it. He wants to put our military back into perpetual warfare and he has advocated trying to force the military to commit war crimes.
Josh Strigle, your question is
* HYPOTHETICAL* in nature. Unlike Trump, i don’t waste a lot of time on hypothetical questions. However, to quote George Patton- “No man ever won by war by dying for his country. He won the war making the other dumb bastard die for his”. Being heroic is not dying- the action you take that lead to your death may be heroic. But the dying part is not. As Trump accurately pointed out, getting captured is not heroic. Getting shot down is not Heroic. Staying there and honoring your code of honor when release is offered definitely ***IS**. I’m sure you can now see the answer clearly. Glad i could help. Next…
Mattis is the preferred choice, if given the choice
Holy$#%&!@*someone that enjoys paying taxes. The world is coming to end….. More taxes=bigger government=less freedoms and more over reach. More taxes=less money for people to live on and less money for businesses to invest in hiring people and innovations. But Josh Strigle im sure your ok with us all being on welfare. Its worked in all the socialist countries….. Venezuela, Puerto Rico, greece, Soviet union, oh and lets not forgot the whole EU is doing great…..
So Josh. I guess Bowe bergdahl is a hero to you too? He did all those things McCain did. plus some!
Robert Bobby Whether he is or isn’t, I wouldn’t talk trash about it like Trump did.