Trump Has Highest Own-Party Approval of Any President, CNN Survey Shows

March 5, 2026

“Republicans love Donald Trump more than any president’s own party supporters loved them at this particular point,” CNN’s Harry Enten reported Thursday, citing results of his network’s latest poll.

No other president has had this high a percentage of overall approval by supporters of his own party at this point in his presidency, Enten said while explaining why almost all of the primary candidates endorsed by Trump win:

“Why? Because Republicans love Donald Trump more than any president’s own party supporters loved him at this particular point.

“Just take a look here, okay. Own-party supporters, 21st century presidents’ own-party approval about at this point in a second term: Bush was at 77%, Obama was at 77%. Look at this: 86% 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. Trump’s magic touch has not seemed to wore off yet, when it comes to the Republican base.”

What’s more, over half of his own party say they “strongly” approve of Trump, Enten noted:

“The strongly approve, not just like, but love. Love, okay. We’re going to look at these same presidents again. Strong approval among your own party’s base.

“What you see is Trump is the only one who gets a majority at this point in their presidency. Obama was at 48%. Bush was at 47%. You see here Trump at 53%.

“Not as high as overall approval rating, but 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.”

CNN’s findings are virtually identical to those of a Fox News survey of registered voters published Wednesday showing that 87% of Republicans approve of Trump’s job performance.

In contrast, 95% of Democrats voiced disapproval of Trump.

But, Democrats were also more sour on their own party’s leaders, the Fox poll reveals. While more than three-fourths (77%) of Republicans approve of their party’s leaders, only 62% of Democrats approve of theirs.