Data guru reveals 'massive' polling shift that should worry Republicans over House rebuke

President Donald Trump has accomplished a "rare trifecta" in the current polarized era by uniting all political factions against his war against Iran, according to CNN's Harry Enten.

The 79-year-old president launched the war Feb. 28 and has been unable to negotiate an end to the conflict or Iran's crippling closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and Enten presented new polling data that found his war is more unpopular than ever.

"The most unpopular war at thestart of a war that I could everfind, ever, has become even moreunpopular," Enten said. "That's what those Republicans in the House areseeing. Just take a look here:Net approval rating of the Iranwar, at the start, it wasunderwater, minus-nine points. Now it's down there with the Strait of Hormuz. Look at this, minus-23 points."

Four GOP lawmakers joined the Democratic minority Wednesday in voting to limit Trump's war powers, and Enten said they're reflecting the broader public opinion.

"This is a war thathas become more unpopular evenas President Trump and hisadministration has tried to sellit, and among independents,it's gone from 23 pointsunderwater to, get this, 40 pointsunderwater with independents," he said. "Sothose Republicans who are, infact, did not vote with therenegade Republicans, they arehelping to put that Republicanmajority, which was already atgreat risk in the House, in evenmore risk."

"How do peoplefeel about the idea thatmilitary force needscongressional approval?" Enten added. "Okay,this is pretty simple – againstpresidents using military forcewithout Congress' approval, look at this, 63 percent overall areagainst the idea that, in fact,that the president could justgo willy-nilly withoutcongressional approval. Howabout independents? Seventy-two percent, 72 percent, more than two in three independentsare against the idea that thepresident can, in fact, usemilitary force withoutcongressional approval. So the American people, independentsvery much with that House voteyesterday."

Support for the war has dropped among independents from minus-23 percent to minus-40 points, Enten noted.

"Independents, of course, havebeen such an important part ofthe president's decayingpolitical coalition," he said. "They werepretty much even in the 2024election, and they have shiftedmassively against him, andespecially on this war."

The president has managed to bring all factions together on one aspect of his war, the data analyst said.

"Whatever exactly this ceasefire is, people want it tocontinue," Enten said. "Take a look here, andthis is the rare trifecta:Continue the Iran cease fire andthe negotiations, look at this,77 percent of all Americans. Then youget the rare trifecta:Democrats, 96 percent, independents,81 percent, and even a majority of Republicans here. What we'reessentially saying is, yes, theydo, in fact, want the ceasefireto continue. They like thisidea."

"They do not, in fact, wanta rough start of, let's say,much more force going on in the Middle East, much more forcegoing on in Iran," he added. "They want thecurrent condition to hold,whatever exactly you call it."

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