CNN senior data analyst has a warning for Democrats celebrating polls in which Donald Trump appears to be losing support — you’re not doing any better!
While reviewing recent polling data on Thursday, Enten pointed out the Democrats are still polling below President Donald Trump.
Enten explained that while Trump’s approval has dipped, especially since launching widespread tariffs in early April, his ratings remain higher than those of the Democrats.
“It’s not just about regretting that vote. It’s literally saying who would be doing the better job right now? And Trump continues to score a higher percentage of the vote than Kamala Harris,” Enten said, sharing data from a CNN poll that showed 45% saying Trump was doing a better job as president than Harris (at 43%) would have.
“This looks a heck of a lot like the election result. We have just seen this in poll after poll after poll, despite the fact that Trump’s favorable ratings aren’t too hot to trot when he’s matched up against who he was matched up in 2024. He still, across the polls, scores a higher percentage than Kamala Harris,” he said.
“The bottom line is when you look at Donald Trump in a vacuum, it’s one thing, but when you actually match him up against folks in the real world, all of a sudden his numbers look considerably better. And when you match him up against his main competition at this point, Democrats in Congress, he is more trusted on the main problems facing the United States right now,” Enten continued, noting that a recent ABC/Ipsos/Washington Post poll had Trump at 40% with Democrats in Congress at 32%. “In fact, it’s not even close. It’s an eight point advantage, which in politics, well, that’s a wide ocean.”
Enten continued: “If Democrats think that at this particular point, just because Donald Trump is unpopular, that they’re going to run away with it like a Heisman trophy winner, that is not necessarily the case. These numbers should be a major wake up call for Democrats. Despite Donald Trump’s unpopularity in the polls. When you actually go up against him and you put Democrats’ names against him, when you put Republicans as a whole up against him, Republicans and Donald Trump do considerably better. And that is why Democrats, in fact, cannot count their chickens just yet because those eggs have not cracked at this particular moment.”
Watch the clip below:
"These numbers should be a major wake-up call for Democrats." Even now, Trump still does well when matched against Democrats.
-Trump 45%-Harris 43% on who'd be doing a better job as president
-Trump 40% to Dems in Congress' 32% on who can better deal with the main U.S. problems pic.twitter.com/P5Fg4KdLqG— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) May 1, 2025
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