ICYMI: Trust In Military Rebounds Among Americans — Who Want the Government to Spend More On National Defense: Survey; Voters Want More US Involvement On World Stage Despite Isolationist Talk, Ronald Reagan Institute Survey Finds

Trust in military rebounds among Americans — who want the government to spend more on national defense: survey:

Americans are showing rising confidence in the military after years of decline and supporting increased military spending as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, according to the latest Reagan National Defense Survey results released Thursday.

Conducted just days after the 2024 election, the survey revealed that Americans’ perspective of the military is rebounding, with 51% expressing “a great deal of confidence” in the services, up 5% from last year, the survey said.

However, that number remains a far cry from the public trust in the military reported during Trump’s administration in 2018, when the national defense poll found 70% of respondents reported high confidence in the military.

The annual survey is a staple in estimating the American public’s thoughts and impressions of the US military and is produced by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, a nonprofit organization created by former President Reagan to “advance his legacy and principles,” according to the group.

The survey also found a “supermajority” of Americans actively want the government to invest more into the military — even when they overestimate how much of the federal budget goes to the Defense Department.

“Seventy-nine percent of respondents want the United States to spend more on the military, including nearly nine out of ten (89%) Trump voters,” the survey found.

That support did not change even for the 32% of survey respondents who believed the US was spending as much a one-quarter to one-half of the federal budget was already spent on defense.

Another 16% falsely believed the US spends over half its budget on the military.

In reality, the US only spends about 13% of its budget on national defense.

“Public awareness of the size of he defense budget is mixed,” according to the survey. “Support for increased spending is especially notable given this overestimation of current federal spending on the military.” —>READ MORE HERE

Voters want more US involvement on world stage despite isolationist talk, Ronald Reagan Institute survey finds:

An overwhelming majority of Americans view foreign policy and national defense as being “somewhat” or “extremely” important to them, according to a new survey from the Ronald Reagan Institute that also weighed U.S. attitudes about rival nations and revealed which is viewed as posing the “greatest threat” to the country.

As Americans await another change in the White House while the Biden and Trump administrations prepare for the executive reshuffle, and uncertainty has set the tone for what the U.S.’s geopolitical future will look like amid increasingly volatile relations with nations like Russia, China, Iran and North Korea, there is stark uniformity in the way Americans view the topic of national defense.

“Americans who cast their votes for different candidates share an unshakable core set of beliefs: the United States must lead on the world stage, backed by a strong military that can secure the peace through its strength,” the Ronald Reagan Institute said in a report first obtained by Fox News Digital detailing its 2024 National Defense Survey results.

The survey’s results – which reflected the answers from some 2,500 questionnaires issued between Nov. 8-14 through telephone and online based platforms – not only highlight that U.S. security and foreign policy issues remain important topics, but they also indicated that the U.S. should take the lead in major international issues.

The opinion shows a divergence from the position frequently pushed by president-elect Donald Trump, who has long championed an “America first” policy, which some fear could isolate the U.S. during a geopolitically turbulent time as Russia’s aggression continues to ramp up in Europe, Iran remains a chief threat in the Middle East, and China continues to pose a threat politically, militarily and economically.

“I think it’s really interesting to compare some of the campaign rhetoric that we saw, frankly, from both candidates, and see where that is and is not resonating with the American people,” Rachael Hoff Policy Director at the Ronald Reagan Institute, told Fox News Digital in reference to both Trump and his previous campaign challenger Vice President Kamala Harris.

The survey also found that since the annual poll began six years ago, “a record high” number of Americans support “U.S. leadership and international engagement” with a strong support for a global military posture. —>READ MORE HERE

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