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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TRUMP 2016
TRUMP 2016
My neck hurts from shaking my head at the ignorance and stupidity of you James Wilson. And Angela Pierce your right Bernie wouldn’t send anyone to war…the military will continue to get weaker then Obama has already made it. And America will continue to get weaker then Obama has already made it. But the good news is…Cruz or Trump will be in the White house and you and the rest of your nut job Dems will be sitting at home pouting.
F obama
Ricci Page —spoken like a true neo-conservative “christian”.
From the poorly educated. Mr Reddick did you even go to high school. Another$#%&!@*who has never served this country. We have the strongest, best equipped, best trained and bravest soldiers in the world. If you served, you would know that. You poorly educated have a problem with facts. You just don’t know any. Your head hurts because there is nothing in it. Your really not stupid or ignorant. Your just a republican and that’s bad enough. Just look in the mirror, when she is our next President. Remember this day. And go try to earn your GED. It will help you.
Right on men
Hey Josh Strigle. Why do you want bernie to be president?
Never should have left Iraq until the generals said it’s ok to leave.