Veterans Overwhelmingly Voted for Trump

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On this Veterans Day, it is worth noting that exit polls for the 2024 presidential election show that United States military veterans overwhelmingly voted for Donald Trump.

In fact, a whopping 65% went for Republican nominee Trump, and only 34% voted for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.

While there is likely more data to be had regarding just how much veterans got behind Trump in this election, we do know that the many mainstream polls showing that the election would be close got it wrong.

Trump won in a landslide.

But even some of those polls showed that before the election, veterans backed Trump significantly more than Harris.

From the Pew Research Center on September 30th, "About six-in-ten registered voters who say they have served in the U.S. military or military reserves (61%) support former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, while 37% back Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in early September."

The survey noted, "Veterans’ vote preferences are on par with past elections. In 2020, 60% of veteran validated voters cast their ballot for Trump, while 39% backed President Joe Biden. And in 2016, veterans voted for Trump over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by a similar margin (61% to 35%).

The vice presidential candidates on both tickets – Republican Sen. JD Vance and Democratic Gov. Tim Walz – have served in the armed forces. Vance was in the U.S. Marines and Walz was in the National Guard."

The same support for Trump is found among veterans when they are asked which candidate would make things better for veterans.

55% say Trump would. Only 23% said the same about Harris.

In addition to this, President-elect Trump recently promised to help homeless veterans, starting with redirecting money the U.S. sends to Ukraine to help at home with this problem.

On this Veterans Day, we honor the brave men and women who have served our country, taking great risks for us.

In honoring them, we also thought it helpful to note that their preferences in the recent election also turned out to be America's preferences too.

Thanks to all who served. And also thankfully, veterans might now have a brighter future under a president who will put them and their country, first.