Donald Trump continues to maintain overwhelming support from Republican voters, with CNN data confirming that 87 percent of Republicans now approve of the president – unchanged from six months ago.
This approval rating places Trump has outpaced all other 21st-century presidents in terms of party support in his second term, eclipsing George W. Bush and Barack Obama, who each received 78 percent approval from their party bases at the same point in their presidencies.
CNN chief analyst Harry Enten called Trump's position unshakable: “It's like a rock,” he said, referring to Bob Seger. “At this point, the Republican base is supporting Donald Trump.” Enten emphasized that Trump has not lost any Republican support over the past six months, bolstering the view that despite changing political dynamics elsewhere, support for the president within the GOP remains constant.
In the same CNN story, Enten highlighted Trump's unprecedented influence in the Republican primaries. Data shows that in 2020, candidates backed by Trump won 98 percent of the time in Republican congressional primaries and gubernatorial races. This trend continued with a 95 percent success rate in 2022 and a 96 percent success rate in 2024. “When you go against Donald Trump,” Enten noted, “you go against a buzz saw.”
This track record of support underscores the political context facing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who recently announced she will resign from Congress in January. Prediction markets estimate she has a 31 percent chance of leaving the Republican Party by 2027. quoted With bipartisan disappointment in her resignation, CNN's Harry Enten noted that “most of the time when you go up against Donald Trump in a Republican primary, you almost always lose,” suggesting that this could be a factor.
In July and August, Trump's approval ratings among Republicans got up to 88 and 90 percent in CNN and Quinnipiac polls, respectively, despite renewed attention on social media about the Epstein case. CNN's Harry Enten noted that despite the online outrage, only one Republican polled identified the Epstein issue as a top national issue. Meanwhile, an Associated Press (AP) poll recorded Trump's overall job approval rose to a personal high of 45 percent after he deployed the National Guard to combat violent crime in Washington, D.C.
