The Party of McKinley Is Back
Donald Trump won the debate on tariffs within the Republican Party and has greatly increased support for tariffs among all Americans.
A year ago, a YouGov poll of 1,000 adult Americans found that 18 percent of Americans supported higher tariffs, 23 percent supported keeping tariffs where they were, and 22 percent supported lowering tariffs. The largest share of Americans, 36 percent, said they had no opinion on tariff policy.
The most recent survey by YouGov, taken between January 21 and 23, found that support for higher tariffs had risen to 29 percent while support for lower tariffs dropped to 18 percent. Twenty-seven percent said tariffs should remain where they are. Twenty-six percent said they were not sure or had no opinion. In other words, support for higher tariffs has become the plurality opinion in America, up 11 points from last year.
