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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for July 17, 2025
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
July 17, 2025: Forty-two percent (42%) of voters say if implemented, President Trump’s tariff plan would be good for the economy, with 20% saying very good. A Napolitan News Service national survey conducted by RMG Research found 48% say the president's tariff plan would be bad, with 34% saying very bad.
The survey also found 64% say President Trump’s tariff plan would cause prices on consumer goods to go up. Thirteen percent (13%) say prices would go down, and 11% say there would be no impact.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on July 7-8, 2025. Fieldwork for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. Certain quotas were applied, and the sample was lightly weighted by geography, gender, age, race, education, internet usage, and political party to reasonably reflect the nation’s population of Registered Voters. Other variables were reviewed to ensure that the final sample is representative of that population. The margin of sampling error for the full sample is +/- 3.1 percentage points.
Scott Rasmussen is the president of RMG Research, Inc. and founder of the Napolitan Institute.
Survey questions
If implemented, would President Trump's tariff plan be good for the economy or bad for the economy?
- 20%-Very good
- 22%-Somewhat good
- 14%-Somewhat bad
- 34%-Very bad
- 11%-Not sure
Would President Trump's tariff plan cause prices on consumer goods to go up or down?
- 64%-Go up
- 13%-Go down
- 11%-No impact
- 11%-Not sure
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