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Trump’s popularity slips in latest Military Times poll — and more troops say they’ll vote for Biden https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/08/31/as-trumps-popularity-slips-in-latest-military-times-poll-more-troops-say-theyll-vote-for-biden/#.X01RTLjIm6A.twitter

Here’s my hot take on this poll. The military, which is inherently patriotic and tends to run conservative, knows Trump is not strong on defense and NATSEC issues. Thus know the President has failed to make the country safer.

The military knows Mr. Trump’s claims of “rebuilding the military” and being a strong proponent of the military are false. As voters, the plurality of the military and their families will vote for VP Biden.

Some telling quotes from the article: “Still, the dipping popularity among troops — considered by Republican Party leaders to be part of the base of Trump’s support — could prove problematic for the president in the upcoming election.” #makeithappen

“Among active-duty service members surveyed in the poll, 43 percent said they would vote for Biden, the Democratic nominee, if the election was held today. Only 37 percent said they plan to vote to re-elect Trump.”

“Another 13% said they plan to vote for a third-party candidate, and nearly 9% said they plan on skipping the election altogether. About 40% of troops surveyed identified as Republican or Libertarian, 16% Democrats, and 44% independent or another party.”

If 88% are not Democrats, Trump is wildly unpopular with what should be his base of support. Also, the 22% skipping or voting 3rd Party need to rethink this. We have a binary choice between 4 more years of Trump or VP Biden. Make your vote count.

Quoting a Bush 43 administration official “...but the president claims he has been good for the military, that they’re grateful that he has rescued them from the shambles. This shows that’s not the case with all of the military.”

“Only about 17% of those surveyed felt the White House has properly handed reports that Russian officials offered bounties for Afghan fighters to target and kill American troops, an issue Trump has dismissed as unreliable intelligence. Nearly 47% disagreed with his statements.”

“Similarly, almost 74% of those surveyed disagreed with Trump’s suggestion that active-duty military personnel should be used to respond to civil unrest in American cities, including the ongoing racial equality protests. Only about 22% supported the president’s idea.”

The policy disagreements “do not necessarily show that troops are beginning to think more like Democrats, but instead that they aren’t thinking like Trump Republicans.”

“... the stronger support for Biden in the poll than Trump may be more a reflection of dissatisfaction with the president than a political shift within the ranks.”

The people of the Armed Forces of the US know the truth: Trump has not rebuilt the military nor has not he made the US safer. In fact no other president has done more to undermine US security. Military members cannot speak out but listen to what they are telling you here.