Poll results

New survey shows majority of US troops has 'unfavorable' view of Obama's years

A new survey shows that a majority of U.S. service members has an "unfavorable" view of President Obama and his eight years in the White House.

The survey released Sunday by the Military Times and Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families found 51.5 percent of service members have an unfavorable view of the Democratic president -- 29.1 percent with a “very” unfavorable view and 22.4 percent with a “somewhat” unfavorable opinion.

Roughly 36 percent of the members from all four military branches had a favorable view, while 12 percent were “neutral,” based on the anonymous, online survey of 1,664 active-duty respondents from Dec. 16 to 21, 2016. The margin of error for the questions was within about 2 percentage points.