CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten said Thursday that the share of Republicans who believe President Donald Trump has “had a good effect on the GOP” is tied with its record high, citing CNN/SSRS polling.
Enten said 71% of Republicans held that view, up from 62% in 2023 and matching the level recorded in 2021, according to the poll.
“[W]hat about the idea, essentially, not just that Republicans like or love Donald Trump, but believe he has been a good influence on the party. And here it is, just look at this,” Enten said. “Say Trump’s ‘had a good effect on the GOP’ among Republicans. When he left after term number one, it was 71%. Just before he was running for that second term, it was 62%. Now, it’s again, 71% of Republicans who say that Donald Trump has had a good effect on the Republican party.”
Enten added that polling shows Trump’s Make America Great Again movement and Vice President JD Vance remain popular within the party.
“I know that there are a lot of people out there, especially on the left, who say, ‘Oh my God, we just want to grasp that one little thing that, you know, oh, there’s weakness in Donald Trump’s grip on the GOP, weakness in MAGA’s grip on the GOP.’ It just simply put, isn’t there, even after this whole stuff that’s been going on in Minnesota, which obviously hasn’t necessarily been popular with the general electorate,” he said.
There has been national attention on Minneapolis, Minnesota, following the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents.
“But among Republicans, they like Donald Trump, they like MAGA, they like JD Vance,” Enten said. “And they believe that Donald Trump’s had a good effect on the GOP as much as it has ever been … Donald Trump, MAGA, JD Vance, they ain’t going nowhere when it comes to the GOP.”
Enten also said on CNN’s “News Central” on July 1 that Trump was “more beloved” among Republican voters than any other past Republican president in decades, citing his aggregate data.
Watch the clip below:
🚨NEW: CNN's Harry Enten predicts MAGA will "OUTLAST DONALD TRUMP"🚨
"MAGA is as POWERFUL as it has ever been! … What he brought into the GOP looks like it's going to last long beyond him."
"The Republican base LOVES JD Vance."@DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/2ch9UX9nGM
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) February 5, 2026
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