Poll: Trump Most Admired Republican President by GOP Voters
CNN poll shows Donald Trump ahead of Ronald Reagan and Abraham Lincoln among Republican voters.
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Poll: Trump Most Admired Republican President by GOP Voters
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What this story says
- 53% of Republicans named Donald Trump as the Republican president they admire most in a CNN poll.
- Ronald Reagan was named by 18% of Republicans, and Abraham Lincoln by 8%, in the same poll.
- Donald Trump's endorsement was identified as key to Darline Graham's recent Senate GOP primary runoff victory.
- Donald Trump posted a video about the poll results to his Truth Social account.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 11 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
59/100
Hype
68/100
11 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
Only 2 of the 11 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
A recent CNN poll found that 53% of Republican voters identify Donald Trump as the Republican president they admire most. This figure is nearly three times the 18% who selected Ronald Reagan and more than six times the 8% who chose Abraham Lincoln. CNN’s chief data analyst Harry Enten presented these findings, stating that Trump remains central to the Republican party. Enten also linked Trump's endorsement to Darline Graham's victory in a recent Senate GOP primary runoff in South Carolina.
Disagreement on poll presentation
HuffPost reported that Donald Trump posted a short video about the poll to his Truth Social account. The Blaze's digest stated that the president has posted a short video about the poll to his Truth Social account.
What the coverage left out
None of the centre-rated outlets covered this story. Neither the left-rated nor the right-rated digests mentioned specific details about the methodology or sample size of the CNN poll beyond the headline figures.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 2 times, most recently on 27 Aug 2026, 22:15, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
2 rated outlets
- HuffPost's report led with the finding that Donald Trump is the most admired Republican president among GOP voters, according to a CNN poll. The outlet highlighted that 53% of Republicans chose Trump, compared to 18% for Ronald Reagan and 8% for Abraham Lincoln. HuffPost also reported that Donald Trump's endorsement was crucial for Darline Graham's win in her Senate GOP primary runoff. The report noted that Trump posted a video about the poll to his Truth Social account.
Centre
1 rated outlet
We have not written our reading of the centre coverage of this story. The centre-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.
Right
8 rated outlets
- The Blaze's digest noted that Donald Trump was pitted against Ronald Reagan and Abraham Lincoln in a poll, with the results described as "shocking." The digest also stated that Donald Trump posted a short video about the poll to his Truth Social account.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Poll: Trump Most Admired Republican President by GOP Voters?
- Of the 11 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 18% are rated left, 9% are rated centre, 73% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Poll: Trump Most Admired Republican President by GOP Voters left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 11 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Poll: Trump Most Admired Republican President by GOP Voters biased?
- Poll: Trump Most Admired Republican President by GOP Voters is one event reported by 11 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Poll: Trump Most Admired Republican President by GOP Voters?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Poll: Trump Most Admired Republican President by GOP Voters?
- 11 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- How many Republicans named Donald Trump as their most admired president?
- A CNN poll found that 53% of Republicans identified Donald Trump as the Republican president they admire most. This places him significantly ahead of other historical Republican presidents in terms of admiration among GOP voters.
- Who else was included in the poll of admired Republican presidents?
- The CNN poll also asked Republicans to name their most admired Republican president from a list that included Ronald Reagan and Abraham Lincoln. Reagan was chosen by 18% of respondents, while Lincoln was selected by 8%.
- Was Donald Trump's endorsement mentioned in relation to any recent political events?
- Yes, HuffPost reported that Donald Trump's endorsement was identified as a key factor in Darline Graham's recent victory in her Senate GOP primary runoff. This highlights the continued influence of his endorsements within the Republican party.
Read it at the source
11 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
2Centre
1Right
8- Poll pits Trump against Reagan and Lincoln — and the results are shocking (opens The Blaze in a new tab)
- CNN: Trump’s Grip On GOP Tightens As Polls Show Voters Admire Him Over Reagan, Lincoln - Tampa Free Press (opens The Free Press (Tampa) in a new tab)
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- Poll: Trump Is President Republicans Most Admire, Far Ahead of Reagan and Lincoln (opens Breitbart in a new tab)
- NEWS HEADLINES: CNN: President Trump is MOST Admired Republican President — More Than Reagan & Lincoln! – 100PercentFedUp.com – by Kaley (opens U-S-NEWS.COM in a new tab)
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- CNN: President Trump is MOST Admired Republican President — More Than Reagan & Lincoln! – 100PercentFedUp.com – by Kaley (opens 100% FED UP! in a new tab)
100% FED UP! — is 100% FED UP! biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- More than six times as many Republicans admire Trump over Abraham Lincoln: Poll (opens Just the News in a new tab)
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- CNN: President Trump is MOST Admired Republican President — More Than Reagan & Lincoln! (opens WLTReport in a new tab)
- Enten: Trump Is The Most Admired President Among ... - RealClearPolitics (opens Real Clear Politics in a new tab)
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0No outlet in this group ran the story.
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