The majority of respondents in the latest Marquette University Law School Poll say tariffs hurt the economy, though the survey illustrates the partisan divide on the issue.
Among all adults in the recent national poll, 59% said tariffs hurt the economy, 28% said they help the economy and 12% said they don’t make much of a difference. Marquette University says the public “remains skeptical” about the benefits of enacting tariffs on products imported to the United States.
But 58% of Republican respondents said they help, while 28% said they hurt the economy and 14% were indifferent. Democrats were much more unified on the issue, with 91% saying they hurt the economy, just 4% saying they hurt and 5% saying it doesn’t make a difference.