Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for March 15, 2019
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March 15, 2019: The United States has 56,213 military personnel permanently stationed in Japan. That’s more than the U.S. has stationed in any other country in the world.[1]
Number two on the list is Germany with 35,220 troops, followed by South Korea with 26,311. Italy is home to 12,991, and the United Kingdom hosts 9,119 soldiers.
President Trump has been advocating plans to have these countries pay a larger share of the costs to house and maintain these military forces abroad.
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- March 13, 2019 – 77 percent of voters believe our political system is badly broken
- March 12, 2019 – 34 percent of voters have a favorable opinion of socialism
- March 11, 2019 – 32 percent of Americans believe the economy is getting better
- March 8, 2019 – 43 percent of U.S. voters consider the Constitution irrelevant
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