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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Brendan Rascius

MAGA gives Trump 100% approval rating in new poll, leaving CNN analyst stunned

President Donald Trump has received unanimous backing from MAGA voters in a new poll — a result that left a television analyst stunned.

On Wednesday morning, CNN data analyst Harry Enten took stock of the president’s base of support as the war in Iran entered its third week, intensifying across the Middle East and fueling concerns about global economic fallout.

“Sometimes you look at the polling data and there are numbers that just jump off the screen at you and this is one of those,” Enten said on News Central.

He pointed to the results of a recent NBC News survey, which found that 100 percent of self-identified MAGA voters support the Republican president, while zero disapprove.

“You don’t have to be a mathematical genius to know you can’t go higher than one hundred percent,” Enten said, comparing Trump to “the 1972 Miami Dolphins,” who won the Super Bowl that year.

“Now, there are some Republicans who disapprove of Donald John Trump, but they are not members of the Make America Great Again movement,” Enten added. “The bottom line is this: if you are a member of MAGA, you approve of Donald Trump.”

CNN anchor Sara Sidner pointed out that several high-profile online figures have lashed out at the 79-year-old president over the war in Iran, noting the contrast with his campaign pledge to end foreign conflicts and to be the “candidate of peace.”

She may have been referring to podcast host Tucker Carlson, who has described Trump’s military campaign as “absolutely disgusting and evil.” Other notable conservatives, including media personality Megyn Kelly and former Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, have also come out strongly against the new war in the Middle East.

“Is there any sign that people might be leaving MAGA relative to 2024?” Sidner asked.

Enten said it’s unlikely, highlighting the poll result that showed 30 percent of Americans now identify as MAGA supporters, up from 28 percent in November 2024.

“The theme of this segment is Tucker Carlson be darned,” he quipped.

'You don’t have to be a mathematical genius to know you can’t go higher than one hundred precent,' Harry Enten said, describing Trump as 'the 1972 Miami Dolphins' (CNN)

“That 100% that Donald Trump has among MAGA GOP, that is not an artifact of MAGA shrinking,” he added. “It’s just an indication of how strong Donald Trump’s grip is on that MAGA base.”

Enten also noted that 90 percent of MAGA voters approve of Trump’s strikes on Iran, while just 5 percent disapprove.

Yet while Trump’s core supporters remain solidly in his corner, the wider public is far less enthusiastic. According to a Quinnipiac survey released on March 9, 57 percent of Americans disapprove of Trump, and the same share disapprove of his handling of “the situation in Iran.”

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