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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for May 21, 2025
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
May 21, 2025: Forty-seven percent (47%) of voters approve of the way that President Trump is handling the issue of tariffs. A Napolitan News Service national survey conducted by RMG Research found 48% disapprove. This is a big jump in the president’s net approval on tariffs, as the last time this was asked on April 28-29, 2025, just 41% approved and 53% disapproved.
The survey also found 41% say the recent trade deals with China and the U.K. have been good for America. Thirty-seven percent (37%) say they have been bad, and 7% say neither good nor bad.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 Registered Voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on May 12-13, 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.
Survey questions
Do you approve or disapprove of the way that President Trump is handling the issue of tariffs?
- 24%-Strongly approve
- 23%-Somewhat approve
- 16%-Somewhat disapprove
- 32%-Strongly disapprove
- 5%-Not sure
Have recent trade deals with China and the U.K. been good for America or bad for America?
- 19%-Very good
- 22%-Somewhat good
- 18%-Somewhat bad
- 19%-Very bad
- 7%-Neither good nor bad
- 15%-Not sure
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