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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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A new Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll shows that a majority of Americans say they are spending more on grocery and utility bills than they were a year ago, and they blame President Donald Trump for the rising prices.The poll, conducted in late October, shows that 7 in 10 Americans say their grocery costs have risen in the past year, while about 6 in 10 say their utility costs have gone up.About 4 in 10 say the same about health care, gas and…
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Leaning Left5Leaning Right0Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution83% Left
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- 83% of the sources lean Left
83% Left
L 83%
C 17%
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