Donald Trump claimed in a social media post that a CNN poll showed him with 98% to 99% support within the Republican Party.
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Letters from an AmericanOct 27, 2026
The sources confirm Trump posted that a CNN poll showed him at 98 and 99% support within the Republican Party, so the act of claiming is supported.
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What was said
… Trump's post about Marr listed Trump's own triumphs, beginning with The Apprentice, and claimed that Marr has been desperately begging him to come on his own show. Trump then tore into the idea that Trump's popularity has dropped so far that even Republicans are abandoning him, reiterating that a c n poll showed, I'm at 98 and 99% support within the Republican Party, an all-time record high, higher even than Reagan's high water mark. The post felt frantic. In fact, the CN poll to which Trump referred measured his popularity among his own base of self-identified MAGA Republicans, not the Republican Party as a whole. …
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Contradicts. CNN's most recent poll, released the week before, showed Trump with 74% approval among Republicans, a new numeric low, which contradicts the claimed 98–99% figure attributed to CNN.[2][3]
Contradicts. The 98–99% figures appear to derive from a CNN analyst's discussion of a different poll of self-identified MAGA Republicans, a much narrower group than the Republican Party as a whole.[2][4][5]
Supports. CNN quotes Trump's Truth Social post saying 'CNN just came out with a Poll showing that I'm at 98 and 99% support within the Republican Party, an All Time Record High,' confirming he made the claim.[2][3]
Context. Other polls cited by Alternet show Trump's Republican approval at 83% (ABC/Washington Post/Ipsos) and lower in other surveys, and Reuters/Ipsos reported record-low overall approval of 31% in October.[1][6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 2, 4 not rated
- 1EXCLUSIVE: Trump's approval falls to record low of 31% as midterms near, Reuters/Ipsos poll findsreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Trump rails against Bill Maher in his longest Truth Social post ever | CNN Businesscnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 3Delusional Trump, 80, Invents Approval Rating as Disaster Loomsthedailybeast.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 4Is Trump doing more harm than good for GOP in midterms homestretch?rmb.reuters.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5Trump Ignores National Polls, Claims His Approval Rating Among Republicans is 99%mediaite.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 6Trump serves up fantasyland cope as brutal reality bites on ...alternet.org · not rated · cited for: context
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