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
Paul Lozier And why do you believe Trump will look out for Americans? Because he wants to send American servicemen to wars they shouldn’t be in? Because he will try to force them to commit war crimes? Because he insulted POWs? Because he only gave veterans $2 million out of the $6 million he raised for them?
Bernie Sanders, on the other hand, has sponsored more veterans bills than anyone else in Congress.
http://vetsforbernie.org/bernies-veterans-bills/
I understand that life is hard but more hard when you are stupid. Hopefully someday you understand how to dissect statements based on the content and not sentiment or false basis to get likes as well as learn the use of proper grammar also..Josh Strigle
Mitchelle JR Underwood It is hilarious that you think I’m stupid and need to learn proper grammar when you say things like, “more harder” and can’t seem to grasp punctuation. You need to return to whichever junior high school you dropped out of so you can learn the English language and graduate from high school.
Of course..Our Armed Forces knows who will take care of them…Trump!?
Actually Patrick James there are people who didnt take the poll who also support him so your logic is also flawed buddy
Not correct . The poll was also not taken by military trump supporters as well as non. Your logic is flawed. Stop posting this everywhere
Actually it was Obamas pulling of our troops that allowed ISIS to flourish as fast as it did
You cant judge a man based on the actions of his father or son.
And words mean nothing unless backed up by action
Dan Tetzlaff which$#%&!@*Cheney knew would happen in 1990, what’s the point?