5 Comments
User's avatar
тна Return to thread
Liberal Cynic's avatar

It feels like the majority of police officers have a Trumpist mindset. But I don't know if that is actually true.

I highly doubt the military is majority Trumpist. When I was serving in the 1980s Reagan wasn't our favorite person in the world.

Expand full comment
JF's avatar

You are right; I just looked it up, and according to Military Times, TrumpтАЩs approval within the military started out around 46%, but was significantly underwater toward the end of his term, with only 38% favorable and 42% strongly unfavorable.

Police unions did endorse Trump, so you are right there too. And thatтАЩs probably more significant to the risks of prosecuting and maybe jailing Trump.

Expand full comment
MoosesMom's avatar

I think you're wrong. According to "Coalition for American Veterans PAC", "In the end, while the majority of America chose Joe Biden to be the next President of the United States, Veterans as a bloc voted to re-elect Donald Trump. According to national exit polling conducted by both CNN and The New York Times, Veterans as a group voted for President Donald Trump by a margin of 54% to Joe BidenтАЩs 44%"

I read that Biden made headway in terms of how they voted in 2016, but that is still a very wide schism, especially given all of the reasons one would expect the military to turn away from trump.

To be honest, it scares the hell out of me, along with Law Enforcement....

Expand full comment
Liberal Cynic's avatar

Sure, the military has always leaned more republican. That doesn't make them Trumpists.

Expand full comment
MoosesMom's avatar

I hope you're right. It just seems that trump gave them ample reason to not support him for re-election, so to stick with him anyway makes me think these are the die-hards. He won by a 26 point margin in 2016 - so falling to a 10 point margin in 2020 is significant.

Expand full comment