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
Lockheed and all the other companies who build for our military need to lower their profit margins or even sacrifice to our out dated aircraft in the marines
Do any of you know just how many military Men and Women who have are dead because of Obama not given the the right things to fight with, all of this is BS most heros don’t come back from a war, for those who was in Vetnam look at what has happen to them, Trump is the outsider I will vote for him, the rest of the as! holes can leave DC, they have done nothing but give obama a open credit card.
I remember Bill Clinton said he loathe the military.
Michael J Mudd Sr. Their economy sucks because of strife and numerous other reasons.
Velma Deason Do you know how many more will die if Trump takes office?
If you study the methodology of this poll, it was highly flawed. It was not a scientific poll, and it was conducted only among readers of a specific publication who CHOSE to vote in the poll, and could vote as often as they want. In short, this article starts off by saying, “If this poll is to be believed.” It is not to be believed. Even if it were, saying that 27% constitutes “support” is actually backwards. More accurately, this poll says that 83% of the military does not want Trump as Commander in Chief. You could use the exact same data from the exact same poll and write a more accurate headline, “Overwhelming Majority of Military Does Not Support Trump, according to this random Internet poll.”
If you study the methodology of this poll, it was highly flawed. It was not a scientific poll, and it was conducted only among readers of a specific publication who CHOSE to vote in the poll, and could vote as often as they want. In short, this article starts off by saying, “If this poll is to be believed.” It is not to be believed. Even if it were, saying that 27% constitutes “support” is actually backwards. More accurately, this poll says that 83% of the military does not want Trump as Commander in Chief. You could use the exact same data from the exact same poll and write a more accurate headline, “Overwhelming Majority of Military Does Not Support Trump, according to this random Internet poll.”
If you study the methodology of this poll, it was highly flawed. It was not a scientific poll, and it was conducted only among readers of a specific publication who CHOSE to vote in the poll, and could vote as often as they want. In short, this article starts off by saying, “If this poll is to be believed.” It is not to be believed. Even if it were, saying that 27% constitutes “support” is actually backwards. More accurately, this poll says that 83% of the military does not want Trump as Commander in Chief. You could use the exact same data from the exact same poll and write a more accurate headline, “Overwhelming Majority of Military Does Not Support Trump, according to this random Internet poll.”
If you study the methodology of this poll, it was highly flawed. It was not a scientific poll, and it was conducted only among readers of a specific publication who CHOSE to vote in the poll, and could vote as often as they want. In short, this article starts off by saying, “If this poll is to be believed.” It is not to be believed. Even if it were, saying that 27% constitutes “support” is actually backwards. More accurately, this poll says that 83% of the military does not want Trump as Commander in Chief. You could use the exact same data from the exact same poll and write a more accurate headline, “Overwhelming Majority of Military Does Not Support Trump, according to this random Internet poll.”
If you study the methodology of this poll, it was highly flawed. It was not a scientific poll, and it was conducted only among readers of a specific publication who CHOSE to vote in the poll, and could vote as often as they want. In short, this article starts off by saying, “If this poll is to be believed.” It is not to be believed. Even if it were, saying that 27% constitutes “support” is actually backwards. More accurately, this poll says that 83% of the military does not want Trump as Commander in Chief. You could use the exact same data from the exact same poll and write a more accurate headline, “Overwhelming Majority of Military Does Not Support Trump, according to this random Internet poll.”