Majority of Americans disapprove of how Trump handling tariffs: ABC/Post/Ipsos poll
The poll was conducted just days before a SCOTUS decision invalidating tariffs.
A majority ofAmericans disapprove of how President Donald Trumpis handlingtariffs on imported goods, according toanABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll conducted via Ipsos' KnowledgePanel shortly before the Supreme Court invalidated Trump's global tariffs.
The poll was conductedFeb. 12-17. The Supreme Court's decision came outFeb. 20.
Majorities ofAmericans with various income backgrounds,men,womenand Americans of all age groups disapprove of how Trumpis handlingtariffs, along with majorities of white, Black, Hispanic and Asian Americans, according to the poll.
A majority of those who did not vote in 2024 disapprove of how Trumpis handlingtariffsalong withalmost allof those who voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris. Over 9 in 10 Americans who disapprove of Trump oppose how heis handlingtariffs.
While most Republicans approve of how Trumpis handlingtariffs (75%), that drops to 43% among self-described non-MAGA Republicans (which include independents who lean Republican and call themselves MAGA supporters). A 55% majority of non-MAGA Republicans disapprove of how Trumpis handlingtariffs. Most MAGA Republicans (87%) approve of how heis handlingtariffs on imported goods.
In all, 54% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say they are supporters of the MAGA movement and 42% say they are not.
While majorities of those with college degrees and without disapprove of how Trump is handling tariffs, whitepeople without college degrees are split. White people with college degrees disapprove by a more-than 2-to-1 margin.
Rural Americans are also split over whether they approve or disapprove of how Trumpis handlingtariffs, while most suburban and urban people disapprove.
Opinions on tariffs haveremainedstable since ABC/Post/Ipsos first asked in April last year; the sameshare approved and disapproved of how Trump was handling the issue then as they do now.
Methodology--This ABC News-Washington Post-Ipsos poll was conducted via the probability-based IpsosKnowledgePanel, Feb. 12-17, 2026, among 2,589 U.S. adults and has an overall margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. The error margins are larger among partisan group subsamples.
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