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A caller Pew Research Poll gives erstwhile President Donald Trump nan lead pinch veterans nationwide complete Vice President Kamala Harris up of Tuesday's statesmanlike election.
The poll, conducted pinch 876 seasoned registered voters, gave Trump aliases "Leans Trump" 61% of nan cardinal demographic's support. Just 37% of nan veterans polled responded that they support Vice President Kamala Harris.
Veterans make up astir 6% of nan country, according to nan Census Bureau, aliases astir 16 cardinal group per 2022 numbers. The number of veterans nationwide is steadily dwindling, pinch astir 18% of nan American organization being veterans successful 1980.
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Veterans 4 America First Institute, a nonprofit, reacted to nan caller canvass showing overwhelming support for Trump up of nan 2024 statesmanlike predetermination successful an question and reply pinch Fox News Digital.
"The logic veterans are sticking pinch Trump, contempt each nan clone news, each nan lies astir Trump, is because veterans attraction astir 2 things: results, and their pension," said Darin Selnick, Air Force seasoned and laminitis of Veterans 4 America First Institute to Fox News Digital.
U.S. President Donald Trump participates successful a wreath laying ceremonial astatine Arlington National Cemetery successful Arlington, Virginia, U.S., connected Monday, May 25, 2020. (Chris Kleponis/Polaris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"And truthful pinch nan VA, you know, veterans each complete nan state saying, ‘We want Trump back’ because nan VA has gone downhill. We're not getting our prime of unit aliases not being accountable," said Selnick.
The Mission Act and nan Accountability Acts passed nether erstwhile President Trump allowed for veterans to activity backstage providers extracurricular nan VA arsenic good arsenic clasp poorly performing VA unit accountable.
The Veterans 4 America First Institute's ngo connection is "to sphere and grow our nation’s committedness to our veterans, military, and their families done nationalist acquisition and advocacy."
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According to Pew, 60% of veterans formed their ballots successful 2020 for Former President Trump, and 39% voted for Joe Biden. This astir caller canvass much accurately reflects 2016 seasoned numbers erstwhile 61% voted for Trump and only 35% voted for erstwhile Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
According to Selnick, a erstwhile Captain successful nan Air Force, veterans person not relied connected news aliases polls to travel to their determination astir supporting Trump.
US President Donald Trump salutes arsenic he participates successful a Wreath Laying Ceremony astatine nan Tomb of nan Unknown Soldier astatine Arlington National Cemetery to commemorate Memorial Day, and grant those who person died while serving successful nan US Armed Forces connected May 25, 2020 successful Arlington, Virginia. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)
"They saw nan difference, and [veterans are] going to instrumentality pinch Trump. They besides saw successful position of nan bigger image of nan country. They saw what happened successful Afghanistan. They saw what Trump did, really he sewage free of ISIS. They saw what he did connected overseas policy, saw what he was doing, really it worked… They've seen pinch their ain eyes," said Selnick.
In nan ill-fated Afghanistan withdrawal successful 2021 nether President Biden, 13 American work members died from a bombing astatine Abbey Gate connected Aug. 26. During nan honorable transportation of galore of these work members, mostly Marines, President Biden was seen checking his watch.
U.S. President Donald Trump participates successful a wreath laying ceremonial astatine Arlington National Cemetery successful Arlington, Virginia, U.S., connected Monday, May 25, 2020. (Chris Kleponis/Polaris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Many of nan Gold Star families affected by this tragic bombing support former President Donald Trump successful his re-election bid, including Darin Hoover and Kelly Barnett, who invited him to laic a wreath astatine their boy Sgt Taylor Hoover's sedate tract astatine Arlington National Cemetery a fewer months ago.
Selnick encourages much veterans to show up to nan polls adjacent week and participate successful nan 2024 statesmanlike election, saying, "Although veterans are not a ample percent of nan population, they person family members; group who support veterans are a large percent of nan population. When you return those into account, you cognize their ballot is going to beryllium influenced by what their seasoned family members and friends and those who conscionable support veterans, nan subject successful wide deliberation arsenic well."
However, Selnick besides encourages Americans not to suffer liking successful veterans' opinions aft nan predetermination pinch Veterans Day conscionable astir nan corner.
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"With Veterans Day coming up, we admit nan indebtedness we beryllium veterans each twelvemonth connected Nov. 11. And truthful it's important to understand what those who take sides america deliberation and what they judge and what their opinions are, but besides their family members, their friends and those who support veterans arsenic well," said Selnick.
Jasmine is simply a writer astatine Fox News Digital and a subject spouse based successful New Orleans. Stories tin beryllium sent to jasmine.baehr@fox.com
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