{"id":91872,"date":"2017-12-02T10:54:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T10:54:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-01-06T20:53:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T20:53:00","slug":"mccain-solidifies-his-military-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/02\/mccain-solidifies-his-military-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"McCain Solidifies His Military Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"name\"><\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-header\"> <\/div>\n<p>The <em>Military Times<\/em> papers have released their second presidential poll of 2008, and it contains more good news for John McCain. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/static\/projects\/pages\/102708tns_nov-poll.pdf\">Results  of the second survey, conducted between 16-20 October, shows that  career military members remain solidly behind the GOP nominee<\/a>.   Seventy-one percent of those polled for the latest survey are supporting  Mr. McCain, compared to only 25% for his Democratic opponent, Senator  Barack Obama. <\/p>\n<p>In the <em>Times&#8217; <\/em>previous poll, published in late September, McCain held a 68-23% lead.<\/p>\n<p>The  new survey also affirms other trends from the earlier survey.  Last  month, 42% of military respondents said that the candidate&#8217;s character  was the most important factor in deciding who to vote for.  In the  latest poll, almost half (49%) listed character as the deciding factor.   Twenty-five percent listed the economy as the most important factor,  while only 16% said the War in Iraq was the most critical issue. <\/p>\n<p>Participants  also suggested that not enough attention is being paid to military  concerns.  By an overwhelming margin (70-12%), respondents said the  presidential candidates are not devoting sufficient attention to issues  affecting the armed forces, and those who serve.<\/p>\n<p>Military support  for John McCain also extended to his running mate, Alaska Governor  Sarah Palin.  Forty-five percent of those surveyed said Palin was better  prepared to lead the country, if necessary.  Forty-two percent believe  that Obama&#8217;s running mate, Delaware Senator Joe Biden, is better  qualified to step in as commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n<p>While the <em>Military Times<\/em> poll is considered a reliable gauge of career armed services personnel,  it is a voluntary survey, based on participation by subscribers.   Consequently, it is impossible to determine the margins of error  normally associated with opinion polls.  Times&#8217; editors also note that  their subscribers tend to be older&#8211;and more conservative&#8211;than the  military as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>However, the publication&#8217;s previous  presidential survey indicated broad support for the GOP ticket.  In that  poll, Obama had a majority in only one military demographic&#8211;black  members of the armed forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Military Times papers have released their second presidential poll of 2008, and it contains more good news for John McCain. Results of the second survey, conducted between 16-20 October, shows that career military members remain solidly behind the GOP nominee. Seventy-one percent of those polled for the latest survey are supporting Mr. McCain, compared [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91872"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}