This is really upsetting me. I hope this is take news.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/31/more-troops-say-theyll-vote-biden-trump-poll/
Any military-anons here to explain this?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/31/more-troops-say-theyll-vote-biden-trump-poll/
More active-duty U.S. troops say they’ll back Vice President Joseph R. Biden instead of President Trump in the November election, a new poll shows, continuing a steady decline in the president’s favorability rating among a bloc of voters that usually leans solidly Republican.
A Military Times survey released Monday found that if the election were held today, 41% of active-duty troops say they’d vote for the Democratic nominee, compared to just 37% for the president. Another 13% said they intend to back a third-party candidate, while 9% said they’d skip the presidential election altogether. The Military Times surveyed 1,018 active-duty troops for the poll.
The results come as the president gears up for the home stretch of the campaign and as he and other Republicans count on strong military support at the polls in November. Rebuilding the military and winding down “endless wars” abroad, the president argues, are among the signature achievements of his time in office.
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Mr. Trump has made those claims a cornerstone of his reelection pitch and again highlighted them during his nomination speech at the Republican National Convention last week. He’s also routinely cited the raises he has secured for service members after years of essentially flat pay rates.
“Unlike previous administrations I have kept America out of new wars, and our troops are coming home,” he said during his RNC address. “We have spent nearly $2.5 trillion on completely rebuilding our military, which was very badly depleted when I took office, as you know. This includes three separate pay raises for our great warriors.”
Despite all of that, Mr. Trump’s favorability within the military has steadily fallen over the past several years. At the start of his tenure in January 2017, 46% of service members had a positive view of Mr. Trump, compared to 37% who said they had an unfavorable opinion.
The most recent survey — conducted in late July and early August, before both parties held their conventions — found that 49.9% of troops now have an unfavorable opinion of the president, compared to 38% who have a favorable view. The poll has a margin of error of up to 2%.