Frank Yuan
Postdoctoral Fellow

According to a poll conducted by Pew Research in late March and published yesterday, nearly half of Americans (47%) think the tariffs on China will be bad for them personally, and only one-in-ten (10%) think they will benefit. Even for Republican-leaning voters, less than one-in-five (17%) think it would be good for them.

Unsurprisingly, more Republican-leaning voters think it would be good for Americaas a country – just under half (44%) of them think that. But that’s still far from a ringing endorsement. Among the entire public only about one-in-four (24%) think it’s good for America, far outnumbered by those who think it’s bad (52%).

A majority of Americans oppose potential U.S. takeover of Greenland or Gaza; only 23% support the takeover of Greenland and 15% support taking over Gaza.

There is no strong support for ending USAID programs, despite it being touted as ending wasteful give-aways for foreigners. There is even less support for America leaving the Paris Climate Agreement or indeed leaving the World Health Organisation.

Check out Pew’s report here.