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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for October 10, 2023
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
October 10, 2023: Sixty-five percent (65%) of voters favor the U.S. imposing tariffs on all goods imported from China to protect Americans and their jobs from Chinese cheating. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 55% of voters favor imposing tariffs on critical goods like food, energy, and medicine, in order to counter China’s influence in the United States.
The survey also found that a majority of voters (52%) believe that the U.S. should impose higher tariffs on goods from China than those it imposes on similar goods from friendly countries.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on September 18-19, 2023. Field work 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.
Note: Neither Scott Rasmussen, ScottRasmussen.com, nor RMG Research, Inc. have any affiliation with Rasmussen Reports. While Scott Rasmussen founded that firm, he left nearly a decade ago and has had no involvement since that time.
Survey Questions
Some people believe the U.S. government should impose tariffs on all goods imported from China to protect Americans and their jobs from Chinese cheating. Would you favor or oppose the imposition of such tariffs?
- 26%-Strongly favor
- 39%-Somewhat favor
- 14%-Somewhat oppose
- 9%-Strongly oppose
- 12%-Not sure
Would you favor or oppose tariffs on certain critical goods like food, energy, and medicine to counter China’s influence in the United States?
- 19%-Strongly favor
- 35%-Somewhat favor
- 20%-Somewhat oppose
- 12%-Strongly oppose
- 14%-Not sure
Generally speaking, should the U.S. impose higher tariffs on goods from China than it imposes on similar goods from more friendly countries?
- 52%-Yes
- 25%-No
- 23%-Not sure
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