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Kathianne
09-21-2016, 08:58 AM
Surprising:

http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/this-poll-of-the-us-military-has-gary-johnson-tied-with-donald-trump-in-the-race-for-president


This poll of the U.S. military has Gary Johnson tied with Donald Trump in the race for president


If American military personnel alone were selecting the next president, the contest would be a dead heat between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, according to an exclusive new survey by Military Times and Syracuse University's Institute for Veterans and Military Families.

Conducted in September, it is the first scientific breakdown of voting preferences among service members, and includes more than 2,200 responses from active-duty troops. And it shows a very different race than the one playing out on the broader national stage.

Among the entire military force, Trump leads Johnson 37.6 percent to 36.5 percent, within the study’s 2 percent margin of error. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton trails as a distant third-place choice, with only 16.3 percent of troops' support.

Green Party candidate Jill Stein received 1.2 percent support while other third-party and write-in options received 3.2 percent.

About 5 percent of respondents indicated they do not plan to vote given the likely choices on the ballot this year.

Perhaps most notably, there is a sharp split between enlisted personnel and the military's officer corps, which directs day-to-day operations and implements policy. Among the officers surveyed, Johnson is the clear choice, commanding support from 38.6 percent of respondents. Clinton actually outpaces Trump in that group, with nearly 28 percent support for the former secretary of State compared to the New York business mogul’s 26 percent.

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jimnyc
09-21-2016, 09:03 AM
Good for Johnson!! I can't imagine any of them preferring Clinton over anyone, with everything I've read in the past year. Her support from the military seemed to have gotten less and less. But for Johnson to get so much support, to me that's not entirely surprising.

Kathianne
09-21-2016, 09:16 AM
Good for Johnson!! I can't imagine any of them preferring Clinton over anyone, with everything I've read in the past year. Her support from the military seemed to have gotten less and less. But for Johnson to get so much support, to me that's not entirely surprising.

I must say I'm somewhat surprised at the officers preference for Johnson, I thought it would be reversed with enlisted being a higher percentage, (though the difference isn't great.) It's the officers that must work with budgets and Johnson would be dealing with that. As has been repeatedly posted, he's in favor of spending and using the military less, though I do think that the sarcastic remarks of it being due to his being 'stoned' are a bit off.

I suppose the bottom line is they have more confidence in someone that's had executive experience in government. He certainly doesn't seem to let his ego get the best of him and admits that others may have a clue to certain things he doesn't.

What the military and much of the civilian population do have in common is the disgust with the two major parties nominees.