(CNN) The headline out of CNN's new national poll released on Thursday morning was not good for President Donald Trump: He trails de facto Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden by 11 points in a hypothetical general election matchup.

one data point that the President and his supporters can rightly note as good news. Much of the poll was equally dire for Trump -- Biden leads among women by 30 points, for example -- but there isdata point that the President and his supporters can rightly note as good news.

It's this: 8 in 10 Republican voters are either "extremely" or "very" enthusiastic about voting in the fall election as compared to just more than half of Democratic voters (56%) who describe themselves as equally excited about casting a ballot in November.

That's a significant enthusiasm gap -- and it shows up in other subgroups that favor Trump in the poll too. Whites (63%) are far more likely than non-whites (41%) to say they are "extremely" or "very" enthusiastic about voting this fall. Ditto self-identified conservatives (69%) vs self-identified liberals (56%).

What all those numbers make clear is that, at the moment, voters likely to cast a ballot for Trump are more excited about doing so than those who will likely vote against Trump.

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