CNN’s data analyst Harry Enten has been left stunned by President Donald Trump’s high approval ratings in his second stint at the White House.
The senior data reporter noticed that Trump’s approval numbers for his first three weeks were much higher than those during his first term, the New York Post reported.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa! Entire first term. Just 11 days, Donald Trump had a net positive approval rating” during his first term, Enten said during a segment of Monday’s CNN News Central with co-anchor Sara Sidner. Comparatively, the president now has enjoyed a net positive approval rating for 21 days in his second term.
“Every single day of Trump’s second term so far, he has been on the positive side of the ledger. Twenty-one days, all three weeks. That’s already 10 more days than it was in his entire first term!” the CNN political analyst noted.
A new CBS poll captured the historical surge in Trump’s approval ratings, which shows that he has reached a 53 percent level, showing a majority of Americans are happy with the man in the Oval Office.
The shift also indicates that Americans are aligned with his leadership in the second term and probably think he is making good on his promises. This is in stark contrast with the April 2017 poll that indicated only 46 percent of Americans believed he was staying true to his word. By Feb. 2025, that number rose to 70 percent.
“You know, I think one of the things that’s so important for politicians is for folks to believe what they’re saying and that they’re keeping their campaign promises,” Enten told Sidner on Monday. “So I think this gives you a pretty gosh darn good idea of what may be going on.”
