'It's working': CNN expert pinpoints Trump tactic to exploit rare win
CNN’s data analyst Harry Enten gave President Donald Trump a rare win Tuesday after weeks of bashing his horrendous approval ratings.
The expert broke down the latest polls on how Americans feel about Trump's handling of crime — and what he saw was a bright spot for the president.
“We have a positive rating for Donald Trump, even in the most recent polling. Look at that at plus two points. Far better than Joe Biden,” Enten said. “[Biden] was so far underwater, my goodness, he was setting records at -26 points. You rarely ever see it. So Donald Trump ran in part on law and order. It was part of the reasons that he got elected. And at this particular point, Americans like what they're hearing from him on the issue of crime.”
Comparing Trump’s plus two points currently to his first term, “We see that Donald Trump's approval rating on handling crime is far better now in term number two than going back to a retrospective approval rating back in March of 2024, in which he was underwater at -13 points. So he's doing 15 points better in terms of how people are viewing his handling of crime now than he was doing back in March of 2024.”
“So when you hear Donald Trump talking about stuff like Alcatraz, yes, I know it's late-night fodder for a lot of different folks, but what it actually speaks to is Donald Trump focusing the American people's attention on an issue in which they actually like what he's doing.”
As for the percentage of Americans who worry a great deal about crime, “We actually have seen that percentage drop over the last year. It was 53% last year. And look at where we are now. We're at 47%. It's the first time in about five years in which the percentage of Americans who are a great deal concerned about crime has actually dropped under the 50% mark.”
Enten added, “In fact, it's one of only two issues in which we saw a five-point decline among both Democrats and Republicans. So I think Donald Trump is going to continue on this law and order issue, because the bottom line is it is working for him.”
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