Issue polls

Economy & trade

5 questions, newest first. Each poll links to its source; the question text shown is a standard form, so check the source for the pollster’s exact wording.

25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports

PollsterDatesSampleIn favorOpposeUnsureSource
YouGov for The Economist2025-02-16 – 2025-02-181,437 RV · ±2.634%47%19%source

Ending production of the U.S. penny

PollsterDatesSampleIn favorOpposeUnsureSource
YouGov for The Economist2025-02-16 – 2025-02-181,441 RV · ±2.642%37%21%source
Emerson College2025-02-15 – 2025-02-171,000 RV · ±3.146%29%25%source

Ending production of the U.S. penny — Total elimination from circulation

PollsterDatesSampleIn favorOpposeUnsureSource
Emerson College2025-02-15 – 2025-02-171,000 RV · ±3.138%37%25%source

25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada

PollsterDatesSampleIn favorOpposeUnsureSource
Echelon Insights2025-02-10 – 2025-02-131,010 LV · ±3.141%50%9%source
Clarity Campaign Labs2025-01-31 – 2025-02-061,102 RV · ±342%49%9%source
YouGov for The Economist2025-02-02 – 2025-02-041,414 RV · ±2.635%52%13%source
YouGov for The Economist2025-01-26 – 2025-01-281,361 RV · ±2.737%51%12%source

Establishing a sovereign wealth fund

PollsterDatesSampleIn favorOpposeUnsureSource
Echelon Insights2025-02-10 – 2025-02-131,010 LV · ±3.126%27%47%source

Poll tables from Wikipedia’s “Opinion polling on the second Trump presidency” (CC BY-SA 4.0), each linked to the exact revision read. Margin of error is computed from the sample size (95%, worst case).