CNN’s Harry Enten Spells Out Bad News For Left Who Think Trump’s Grip On GOP Weakening

CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten said on Thursday that the percentage of Republicans who believe President Donald Trump has “had a good effect on the GOP” was tied with its record high.

Enten noted that 71% of Republicans held this belief, which was significantly higher than the 62% who held it in 2023 and tied with how Republicans felt in 2021, citing CNN/SSRS polling. He added that the polling showed Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement and Vice President JD Vance were popular among the party.

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“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.”

“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 added.

There has been national attention on Minneapolis, Minnesota, over the fatal shootings of Renee