It’s the highest own-party approval rating of any 21st-century president at this point in a second term
President Donald Trump’s aggregate approval rating among Republican voters has climbed to 86 percent amid Operation Epic Fury, the highest own-party approval rating recorded for any 21st-century president at this point in a second term, CNN’s chief data analyst Harry Enten reported Thursday.
“Bush was at 77 percent, Obama was at 77 percent. Look at this: 86 percent of Republicans approve of the job that Donald Trump is doing at this point. That is higher than either Obama or Bush had within their own party at this point,” Enten said. “Trump’s magic touch has not seemed to wore off yet when it comes to the Republican base.”
Trump’s aggregate rating among those who strongly approve of the president is also higher than that of his predecessors. Fifty-three percent of Republican voters strongly approve of President Trump’s performance at this point in his second term.
“Trump is the only one who gets a majority at this point in their presidency,” Enten said. Forty-seven percent of Republicans strongly approved of former president George W. Bush, and 48 percent of Democrats strongly approved of former president Barack Obama at the same point in their second terms.
Enten noted that Trump is “still getting a majority of the Republican base, at least in the average of polls, to say that they still really, really, really, like him.”
The data corroborate other polling that shows Operation Epic Fury is overwhelmingly popular among Trump’s base. More than 9 in 10 self-described “MAGA or Trump Conservatives” approve of the campaign against the Iranian regime, according to a new poll from the Vandenberg Coalition and TargetPoint.
The poll categorized Trump’s 2024 voters into several ideological camps—including “Traditional Conservative,” “MAGA or Trump Conservative,” “Moderate Republican,” and “Libertarian.” Among those aligned with the MAGA movement, 83 percent said the early phases of Operation Epic Fury made the United States safer, while 92 percent agreed that Trump’s decision to use military force against Iran would deter future attacks from American adversaries.
Respondents also expressed overwhelming support for the U.S.-Israel security relationship. Ninety-three percent of self-described MAGA conservatives said they back the alliance, as well as four in five Trump voters between the ages of 18 and 29.
