NCS chief data analyst Harry Enten dismissed the narrative of a MAGA split Wednesday with polls exhibiting President Trump is having fun with 100% assist from his Republican base.
“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 stated, as he highlighted an NBC News survey exhibiting Trump’s 100% approval score amongst Republicans who determine as “MAGA.”
“You don’t have to be a mathematical genius to know you can’t go higher than 100%,” Enten quipped.
“He is the 1972 Miami Dolphins,” the data knowledgeable marveled, evaluating Trump to the one NFL workforce to ever have an ideal, undefeated season.
The polling comes as an unfounded narrative has emerged claiming “Make America Great Again” Republicans – the president’s most ardent supporters – are fracturing over the Iran war, the discharge of paperwork associated to convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein and immigration.
Enten famous there are “some Republicans” who disapprove of Trump however they don’t seem to be a part of the MAGA motion.
“The bottom line is this: if you are a member of MAGA, you approve of Donald Trump,” he declared.
Further dispelling the MAGA break up narrative, Enten identified that the president’s base of assist throughout the GOP is “not shrinking” however truly “slightly larger” than it was in 2024.
The ballot exhibiting Trump’s good degree of assist additionally discovered that 30% of Americans at present determine MAGA, up from 28% in November 2024.
“The theme of this segment is ‘Tucker Carlson Be Darned,’” Enten stated, referring to the conservative commentator who has been outspoken in his opposition to the Iran warfare – a lot in order that Trump not too long ago declared, “He’s not MAGA.”
“The bottom line is that the MAGA base within the GOP is not shrinking … If anything, it is slightly larger than it was back in 2024,” the NCS analyst defined.
The polling, in response to Enten, is indicative of simply “how strong Donald Trump’s grip is on that MAGA base” is.