Questions - Veteran Action March 2026

Survey of 1516 US Military Likely Voters

Conducted February 27 - March 17, 2026 By Rasmussen Reports and Veteran Action

 

1.     Right Direction

 

 

2.     Have you ever served, or are you currently serving in, the armed forces of the United States of America?

 

 

3.     While serving in the military, did you ever attain the rank of officer?

 

 

4.     How long did you serve in the US military, including time, if any, in the reserves?

 

 

5.     Who did you vote for in the 2024 Presidential Election? Vice President Kamala Harris or Former President Donald Trump?

 

 

6.     Who did you vote for in the 2020 Presidential Election? Joe Biden or Donald Trump?

 

 

7.     If the election for Congress were held today, who would you vote for?

 

 

8.      Please tell me, when thinking about elections, which of these is the most important to you?

 

 

9.     When thinking about the issues that affect veterans, which of these is more important to you?

 

 

10.  Trump Approval

 

 

11.  Hegseth Approval

 

 

12.  Collins Approval

 

 

13.  From what you know, how would you rate the overall quality of the benefits and services military veterans receive from the Department of Veterans Affairs?

 

 

14.  How would you rate the way that the Trump administration is handling issues related to veterans?

 

 

15.  Support or oppose veterans receiving healthcare in the community if the Veterans Affairs can’t see them in a timeline manner.

 

 

16.  Support or oppose requiring the Veterans Affairs to screen veterans seeking mental healthcare treatment within 48 hours.

 

 

17.  Support or oppose giving veterans access to an online portal to request appointments, track referrals and file appeals

 

 

18.  Support or oppose veterans being clearly informed of their existing rights for Veterans Affairs healthcare, benefits, and services?

 

19.  If these three issues were combined into a bill called the Veterans’ ACCESS Act, would you be more likely or less likely to support a candidate who supported the ACCESS act?

 

 

20.  Would you support or oppose a bill called the Veterans’ Bill of Rights Act that would legally direct the VA to be more explicit in informing veterans of the rights they already have for healthcare, benefits and services?

 

 

21.  Would you support or oppose giving veterans the choice to use their VA healthcare benefits at medical facilities or health care providers outside of the VA systems?

 

 

22.  Support or oppose President Trump increasing the defense department budget 50% to $1.5 trillion.

 

 

23.  Support or oppose auditing the Pentagon and Department of Defense budget.

 

 

24.  Support or oppose passing the SAVE Act which would require voter ID in elections?

 

 

25.  Support or oppose meaningful US military action against Iran?

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27.  Would you be concerned to find out that over 70% of overseas ballots cast are civilian, and not members of the armed forces, and the proportion of military votes is going down?

 

 

28.  Would you be concerned to find out that only 23% of active-duty military members returned absentee ballots in the 2024 presidential election?

 

 

29.  Would you be concerned to find out that it is alleged many overseas civilians can vote remotely in states they never resided in?

 

30.  Would you support the Protect Our Warriors Election Rights Act (POWER ACT) that provides training and process improvements to make it easier for deployed service members to vote while strengthening overseas voting integrity?

 

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence