Vanderbilt Poll: MAGA Republicans outnumber traditional GOP supporters

New findings from a Vanderbilt University poll show that a majority of Republicans across the U.S. identify as supporters of the Make America Great Again — or MAGA — movement. 

The poll, conducted by The Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy, found that 52 percent of Republicans surveyed aligned more closely with the MAGA movement than with the traditional GOP. When the poll was first conducted in 2023, that number was just 37 percent. And currently in Tennessee, MAGA support stands at 60 percent.