Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day
July 22, 2025: Forty-five percent (45%) of voters approve of the way that President Trump is handling the issue of tariffs, with 19% saying they atrongly approve. A Napolitan News Service national survey conducted by RMG Research found 47% disapprove, with 34% saying they strongly disapprove.
The survey also found 36% say the president should be allowed to impose tariffs on his own. Fifty-one percent (51%) disagree, saying any increase in tariffs should require Congressional approval.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on July 14-15, 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. and founder of the Napolitan Institute.
Survey questions
Do you approve or disapprove of the way that President Trump is handling the issue of tariffs?
- 19%-Strongly approve
- 26%-Somewhat approve
- 13%-Somewhat disapprove
- 34%-Strongly disapprove
- 7%-Not sure
Should the president be allowed to impose tariffs on his own, or should any increase in tariffs require Congressional approval?
- 36%-The president should be allowed to impose tariffs on his own
- 51%-Any increase in tariffs should require Congressional approval
- 13%-Not sure
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