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
Nobody said you had to be smart to join the military.
Paul Peters Bush joined the National Guard to avoid the draft. He was trained on a plane that never flew in Vietnam. Records show he didn’t show up a lot of the time. Of course he couldn’t because he was using coke.
The us gives billions in aid to Mexico each year, so when they say they won’t pay for it,yes they will, when that check goes to building the wall instead of the Mexican government. . He said ILLEGALS, AKA UNDOCUMENTED DEMOCRATS. . Take a look at mexicos southern border & tell me how porous it looks, ours will be it’s twin, with a “big beautiful door”.. if you want them here, have them move into your house, & you pay for them. .
The article links to a trap ad that won’t let you leave nor actually get to the article-‘disgusting
Surprised? They are being crushed by the total leadership failure that is the Obama administration and they know it won’t get any better with Sanders or Clinton (especially after Benghazi!). Kasich doesn’t have a chance and Cruz is soft on immigration. It’s a no-brainer. With all of his faults Trump is at least willing to lead and to make America AND our military great again.
Dennis Mills They won’t pay for the wall. That’s complete fantasy. Even if the wall was built, it wouldn’t do anything. The whole idea is stupid.
Doesn’t matter what the world thinks. That’s like teaching your kid it matters what others kids say, do, and think about them on the playground. $#%&!@*other country’s opinions. We’re Americans. Not them.
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Josh Strigle, how many times can one moron be wrong? Illegal immigrants cost 113 billion a year. 29 at the fed level and 84 at the local level. This doesn’t count the cost of crime and the loss of what Americans could have had if ot hadn’t been given to illegals. Let alone the ones in schools slowing up the education of American students. While they pay NO taxes. Be quiet and at least let people think you have some intelligence.
Tony Johnston It’s not by responsibility to keep tabs on how many times you are wrong.
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/203984-illegal-immigrants-benefit-the-us-economy
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/more-mexicans-leaving-coming-u-s-new-report-n466226
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/when-it-comes-to-violent-crime-illegal-immigrants-arent-the-problem-7596564