CNN’s Harry Enten Says Trump Is ‘More Beloved’ Among Republicans Than Any Other GOP President In Modern Times

CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump is “more beloved” among his party’s voters than any other past Republican president in the past few decades.

Five months into his second term, Trump has garnered a 63% approval rating among Republican voters as of Tuesday, Enten said while citing his aggregate data. This rating is higher than other Republican presidents going back to former President Ronald Reagan, whose approval ratings did not exceed 60% by the fifth month of their term.

“It’s history making … Why don’t we look back, we’ve got all the Republican presidents going back over the last 36 37 years, what are we talking about? GOP who strongly approves 5 months in, look at this. George H.W. Bush, 46%. George Bush, 59%.  You see Trump the first term, 53%. But look at this, 63%. He beats all the Republicans on the board here and I was looking even back since Reagan, and get this. Donald Trump beats Ronald Reagan when it comes to the strongly approve five months in, and of course Reagan was coming on high after that assassination attempt.”

“So the bottom line is that Donald Trump is making history with the Republican base, he is more beloved by this Republican base than any other Republican base loved any other GOP president five months in. It is history making,” Enten continued.

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Reagan’s approval rating stood between 58% and 60% in early July 1981, just four months after John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate him outside of the Washington Hilton hotel.

Trump has fulfilled his 2024 campaign promises that largely appealed to Republican voters. Among these are immigration, where the administration has carried out mass deportations of illegal immigrants and has managed to see border encounters