Joe Rogan Experience #2572 - Colum Tyrrell · Aired Oct 29, 2026
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A CNN poll indicates the former president is the most popular person in the history of the Republican party, with 53% support compared to Ronald Reagan at 18% and Abraham Lincoln at 8%.
The finding
What remains unresolved
Comparing modern political figures to historical icons like Abraham Lincoln in a contemporary CNN poll is unconventional due to the difficulty of surveying public opinion on figures who died over a century ago. This claim requires confirmation of the survey's scope and the specific historical benchmarks used.
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Quick answer
Is it true that a CNN poll indicates the former president is the most popular person in the history of the Republican party, with 53% support compared to Ronald Reagan at 18% and Abraham Lincoln at 8%?
We can't say yet. Comparing modern political figures to historical icons like Abraham Lincoln in a contemporary CNN poll is unconventional due to the difficulty of surveying public opinion on figures who died over a century ago. This claim requires confirmation of the survey's scope and the specific historical benchmarks used. It was said on Joe Rogan Experience #2572 - Colum Tyrrell, aired Oct 29, 2026, at 1:59:27. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. We couldn't settle it from the evidence we captured, so it stays an open question, not a false claim. No supporting source was captured, so don't treat this as a sourced conclusion.
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