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President of the United States, Donald Trump
Only 37.4 percent of active personnel in the U.S. military support the reelection of President Donald Trump, while 43.1 percent back his Democratic opponent Joe Biden, according to a new poll Monday.
The survey by the Military Times and the Syracuse University Institute for Veterans and Military Families found that half of service men and women have an unfavorable opinion of Trump, and 42 percent strongly disapprove of him, compared to him. 38 percent with a favorable opinion of the Republican leader. .
Support for Trump fell from the previous poll in December 2019, when he had a favorable rating of 42 percent.
The survey of 1,018 people was conducted before the recent Democratic and Republican Party National Conventions, in which parties presented cases to support their candidate.
The poll focused more on career Army members than younger and junior enlisted personnel, Military Times noted, so it is not a complete snapshot of what the entire American military thinks.
Trump has boasted of strong support among the military and has touted his increased funding for the Pentagon budget.
But that record is clouded by frequent disputes with the Pentagon leadership, including the firing of popular defense secretary Jim Mattis in December 2019, and political conflicts with current secretary Mark Esper and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. , General Mark Milley.
