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
But theres 4 candidates
There’s a study out if the University of Michigan that says- when confronted with situations like this people don’t change their minds. In fact, they dig in deeper to what they believe. Keep it going for personal satisfaction but ultimately it leads no where. Other than Josh understanding he’s a fool.
Truth, Mr. Trump’s actions are all public. His four bankruptcies, his normal business practice of eminent domain for his building sites, problems with sexual predator issues, his practice of lawsuits against others “who” insult him, his failing business interests around the world, his invocation of the baser values, and calls to violence while campaigning, being fired from his own enterprises and rhetorical xenophobic slogans being spewed for the public’s enjoyment or not…
Dan Tetzlaff,
Wonder if Mr. Trump has taken action to turn the rally monies over to the veterans from his private foundation yet? Strange, he opened the account the morning before the rally; the veterans had their own foundation account. I call that interest theft and tax evasion…
931 isn’t at all a representative sample of over a million troops in uniform.
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Jamie Callahan
Tony Johnston I just base my opinions on the evidence. I’d tell you to do the same, but if you were capable of doing that, you wouldn’t be a Republican in the first place.
Chris Judy sanders doesn’t claim to be a great “businessman” he’s a great man, period. Trump claims he’s the best, yet his record shows that everything he touches turns to$#%&!@*