42% approve….
These numbers mirror the general public numbers….
They should NOT be surprising …
Donald Trump has made no secret that he doesn’t like the US Military leadership…
And his recent moves to overrule the militaries disciple system, kick out Defense Sec Mattis and pull troops out of Syria have NOT gone well with the troops…
The current Commander-in Chief started his time in office with a 46% approval number and 37% disapproval score among those polled…His support is strongest among white military members and lowest among non-white and women members of the military…
President Donald Trump received a loud ovation when he participated in the coin toss ahead of Saturday’s Army-Navy football rivalry game in Philadelphia. But troops’ actual feelings about the commander in chief appear much more ambivalent in the latest Military Times survey.
Half of active-duty military personnel contacted in the poll held an unfavorable view of President Trump, showing a continued decline in his approval rating since he was elected in 2016.
Trump’s 42 percent approval in the latest poll, conducted from Oct. 23 to Dec. 2, sets his lowest mark in the survey since being elected president. Some 50 percent of troops said they had an unfavorable view of him. By comparison, just a few weeks after his electoral victory in November 2016, 46 percent of troops surveyed had a positive view of the businessman-turned-politician, and 37 percent had a negative opinion.
But the latest numbers still leave Trump with a higher approval rating than former President Barack Obama when he left office in January 2017.
The numbers also show that Trump remains slightly more popular in the military community than among the American public as a whole. The latest Gallup poll had the president’s disapproval rating among the public at 54 percent, and his approval at 43 percent….
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I am a surprised at these numbers for a couple of reasons:
1) people who join the military tend to me more conservative.
2) Most people in the military are men – who disproportionately support Trump
I was surprised by this too. Then again Trump is very unpopular with younger and minority voters. Active military is disproportionately young and minority.