CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten said on Thursday that the percentage of Republicans who believe President Donald Trump has âhad a good effect on the GOPâ 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 Trumpâs Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement and Vice President JD Vance were popular among the party.
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âhat 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,â Enten said. âSay Trumpâs âhad a good effect on the GOPâ 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, itâs again, 71% of Republicans who say that Donald Trump has had a good effect on the Republican party.â
âI know that there are a lot of people out there, especially on the left, who say, âOh my God, we just want to grasp that one little thing that, you know, oh, thereâs weakness in Donald Trumpâs grip on the GOP, weakness in MAGAâs grip on the GOP.â It just simply put, isnât there, even after this whole stuff thatâs been going on in Minnesota, which obviously hasnât necessarily been popular with the general electorate,â he added.
There has been national attention on Minneapolis, Minnesota, over the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol agents.
âBut among Republicans, they like Donald Trump, they like MAGA, they like JD Vance,â Enten said. âAnd they believe that Donald Trumpâs had a good effect on the GOP as much as it has ever been ⌠Donald Trump, MAGA, JD Vance, they ainât going nowhere when it comes to the GOP.â
Moreover, Enten said on âCNN News Centralâ July 1 that Trump was âmore belovedâ among his partyâs voters than any other past Republican president in decades, citing his aggregate data.
Most Americansâ views on deportations have barely changed since November 2025, before the latest wave of anti-ICE protests swept the nation, according to a Marquette Law School survey released on Wednesday. The poll found that 56% of respondents favored deporting âimmigrants who are living in the United States illegally,â a slight drop from 58% in November.
Among those who approved of deportations, 35% said they disapproved of how ICE was enforcing immigration, while those who opposed deportations were almost unanimously against ICEâs enforcement, according to the poll. The poll also found that 37% of respondents believed Goodâs shooting was justified, while 62% said it was not.
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