Americans currently on active duty are less likely to approve of President Barack Obama’s job as president than are those who have not served in the military.

From The Americano

It is always important to know what the U. S. men and women in uniform; both retired and on active duty think. It is particularly relevant, on Memorial Day, a day the country sets aside to honor those who risk, or have risked their lives, to protect the nation.

According to a Gallup Poll released Memorial Day found that Americans currently on active duty are less likely to approve of President Barack Obama’s job as president than are those who have not served in the military.

The poll shows that whereas young men and women between 18 and 29, who have not served in the military, give the president a 58 percent approval rating; those of the same age give him only a 44 favorable mark. The poll also notes that Obama’s popularity also declines by age group. 58 percent in the high for the president among those who did not serve and the low is 42 percent among men and women between 70 and 79 years old.

At the same time, among those who have served the president never gets more than 44 percent support, and goes down to 33 to 35 percent among veterans between 60 and 80 years old.

The Gallup organization said that the results are based on an analysis of more than 238,000 interviews conducted as part of Gallup Daily tracking from January 2010 through April 2011. Only Americans currently serving in the military overseas or on ships at sea would not be included in this national cell and landline telephone sample.

According to the poll 37% of all active-duty military personnel and veterans surveyed approved of the job Obama is doing during the January 2010 to April 2011 time frame. That compares with 48% of nonveterans interviewed during the same period.

Gallup’s release said that Obama’s approval rating varies by age, with younger Americans in general most likely to approve and older Americans least likely. The gap in approval between veterans/active duty military and nonveterans persists across the age spectrum, from 18- to 29-year-olds to those 80 and older.

It adds that while veterans and active-duty military, particularly those 40 and older, are predominantly men, and men are less likely to approve of the job Obama is doing than are women, the gap in Obama job approval between veterans/active-duty military and nonveterans persists among men in each age group.

In conclusion, the survey found that Americans who currently serve or previously served in the U.S. military are less likely to approve of the job President Obama is doing than are those who have not served in the military, by about 10 percentage points. This approval gap occurs across age groups.

The Americano/Agencies

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