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Majority of Americans say tariffs hurt their family's financial situation, are spending more on groceries and utilities: Poll

About 70% of Americans report higher grocery costs and 60% higher utility bills, with 55% saying tariffs negatively affect their family finances, poll finds.

  • This past week an ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll found 55% of Americans say tariffs hurt their family's financial situation.
  • Poll respondents said over 6 in 10 Americans believe U.S. imposing tariffs worsens inflation and about 6 in 10 say it harms the U.S. economy and countries the U.S. imposes tariffs on.
  • About 7 in 10 Americans say they spend more on groceries and about 6 in 10 say they spend more on utilities, with roughly 4 in 10 spending more on health care, housing and gasoline.
  • Partisan differences appear in approval and impact views as overall 65% disapprove of how President Donald Trump handles tariffs, including 96% of Democrats and 29% of Republicans.
  • Oct. 24-28, 2025 polling shows the online survey of 2,725 U.S. adults has a margin of error plus or minus 1.9 percentage points, error margins are larger for subgroups, and President Donald Trump's tariff powers face a Supreme Court hearing Wednesday.
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abc News broke the news in United States on Tuesday, November 4, 2025.
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