Poll: More Than 80 Percent of Americans Support Trump’s Trade Economic Nationalism

Yes, they are good numbers, but are they true?

The article claims:

In a Harvard-Harris poll, about 83 percent of Americans said they supported Trump’s effort to level the playing field on foreign trade to reverse the decades-long pattern of multinational free trade agreements which have wiped out broad portions of the Rust Belt and middle America.​

I checked the latest Harvard-Harris poll and it has nothing directly about this subject. So is Breitbart simply making things up (as they do from time to time) or are they going back to a poll conducted a long time ago and trying to claim it is current.

You are sorely mistaken.

However, I did find the poll quite interesting:

In general, do you think the country is on the right track or is it off on the wrong track?
Right track 37%
Wrong track 54%
Don't know / Unsure 9%

In general, do you think the American economy is on the right track or is it off on the wrong track?
Right track 48%
Wrong track 39%
Don't know / Unsure 13%

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Donald Trump is doing as President of the United States?

Strongly/Somewhat Approve (Net) 45%
Strongly approve 22%
Somewhat approve 23%

Strongly/Somewhat Disapprove (Net) 55%
Somewhat disapprove 16%
Strongly disapprove 38%

Do you approve or disapprove of the job President Trump is doing on ...?

...The economy
Approve (Net) 56%
Strongly approve 28%
Somewhat approve 28%

Disapprove (Net) 44%
Somewhat disapprove 18%
Strongly disapprove 27%

...Foreign affairs
Approve (Net) 44%
Strongly approve 20%
Somewhat approve 24%

Disapprove (Net) 56%
Somewhat disapprove 17%
Strongly disapprove 40%

...Fighting terrorism
Approve (Net) 54%
Strongly approve 27%
Somewhat approve 27%

Disapprove (Net) 46%
Somewhat disapprove 19%
Strongly disapprove 27%

...Administering the government
Approve (Net) 42%
Strongly approve 16%
Somewhat approve 26%

Disapprove (Net) 58%
Somewhat disapprove 17%
Strongly disapprove 41%

...Stimulating jobs
Approve (Net) 57%
Strongly approve 28%
Somewhat approve 29%

Disapprove (Net) 43%
Somewhat disapprove 17%
Strongly disapprove 26%

...Immigration
Approve (Net) 47%
Strongly approve 24%
Somewhat approve 23%

Disapprove (Net) 53%
Somewhat disapprove 14%
Strongly disapprove 39%

 

Other interesting poll numbers:

Do you think that children who were brought into this country illegally by their parents, many of whom are now in their 20s and 30s, should be given work permits or denied work permits?

Should be given work permits 77%
Should be denied work permits 23%

Do you think that children who were brought into this country illegally by their parents, many of whom are now in their 20s and 30s, should be given a path to U.S. citizenship or should not be entitled to a path to citizenship without first returning home?

Should be given a path to U.S. citizenship 76%
Should not be entitled to a path to citizenship without first returning home 24%

Do you think that children who were brought into this country illegally by their parents, many of whom are now in their 20s and 30s, should be given preference for their parents and relatives to move to this country or should they not be given preference for their relatives?

Should be preference for their parents and relatives to move to this country 40%
Should not be given preference for their relatives to move to this country 60%

Do you think immigration priority for those coming to the U.S. should be based on a person's ability to contribute to America as measured by their education and skills or based on a person having relatives in the U.S.?

Should be based on a person's ability to contribute to America 84%
Should be based on a person having relatives in the U.S. 16%

Do you think current border security is adequate or inadequate?

Adequate 38%
Inadequate 62%

Do you think we should have basically open borders or do you think we need secure borders?

Basically open borders 21%
Secure borders 79%

Do you support or oppose building a combination of physical and electronic barriers across the U.S.-Mexico border?

Support 57%
Oppose 43%

Would you favor or oppose a congressional deal that gives undocumented immigrants brought here by their parents work permits and a path to citizenship in exchange for increasing merit preference over preference for relatives, eliminating the diversity visa lottery, and funding barrier security on the U.S.-Mexico border?

Favor 63%
Oppose 37%

Do you think that, for his actions, President Trump should be impeached and removed from office, censured by Congress, or no action should be taken?

Impeached and removed from office 39%
Censured by Congress 18%
No action should be taken 43%

Do you think the investigations into Russia and President Trump are helping the country or hurting the country?

Helping the country 41%
Hurting the country 59%

Do you think the independent counsel has found actual evidence of Trump campaign officials colluding with the Russians or has he not found any evidence of such collusion?

Found 37%
Not found 37%
Don't know 26%

Who do you believe most when it comes to the ongoing Russia investigation?

President Trump 28%
Congress 9%
FBI and the Justice Department 63%


Which of the following are your go-to sources for the latest news? Pick your top three sources.

Fox News 30%
Local News Channel 26%
CNN 26%
NBC News 21%
ABC News 20%
CBS News 18%
The New York Times 10%
MSNBC 9%
USA Today 8%
The Washington Post 8%
The Wall Street Journal 7%
NPR 6%
BBC 6%
PBS 6%
BuzzFeed 4%
Drudge Report 3%
The Daily Show 3%
Breitbart News 2%
The Economist 2%
Bloomberg 2%
The Colbert Report 2%
Mother Jones 1%
Daily Kos 1%
Slate *
Other 9%
None of these 8%

Do you think the mainstream media is treating President Trump fairly or unfairly?

Fairly 54%
Unfairly 46%

Do you think President Trump has treated the mainstream media fairly or unfairly?

Fairly 41%
Unfairly 59%

What is your race?

White 66%
Black or African American 12%
Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin 14%
Asian origin (includes people of Asian Indian, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, and Japanese origin) 5%
Other 4%

 

I have made no such claim, so there's a lie right off the bat.

I am pointing out that the Breitbart story does not seem to be accurate at all. It claims to get its number from the Harvard-Harris poll, but the poll SHOWS NOTHING OF THE SORT. In fact, the Harvard-Harris poll generally shows that Trump does not have the support of the American people they polled except very mild support in one or two places - nothing like what the Breitbart article (the OP) claims.

I don't think you've understood anything I have written yet.

No, just your interpretation of their cause and meaning.

It's a good jobs report, the most jobs added since July 2016 (Obama's administration), and shows the general health of the economy. The economy has been growing for several years, long before President Trump came into office, and the unemployment rate has continued its long eight-year downward trend.

I am quite concerned about the effects of the ill-advised steel and aluminum tariffs. That may change things radically in the near future.

 

If the shoe fits.

They didn't get the numbers they claim from the poll. Note that I provided a link to the latest poll they cited. Feel free to check it yourself and find the numbers I could not find.

Not at all. This is not my first conversation with you. Moreover, you did make a blatantly false claim about me.

You posted an article from Breitbart. I went to the source they claimed to check the numbers for myself because they were too good to be believed. Turns out, they did not get their numbers from the source they claimed. So where did the numbers come from? I know from personal experience that Breitbart will publish falsehoods if it suits their purpose, so it is a distinct possibility that they did that here. Or perhaps they are getting their numbers from another source. If so, they are citing the wrong poll.

Maybe, maybe not. But you don't have to believe me at all. Look at the Harvard-Harris poll by clicking HERE, and find out the truth yourself.

If you can find those numbers, I will take everything back and admit I have made an error. If you can't find those numbers there, then everything I have said is true and you are the one who needs to change your tune.

If you simply ignore the facts of the poll and try taking another swipe at me, it proves you care nothing about what is true or false.

 

Outstanding.

For those following along, it is actually on numbered page 85, Table 76.

I was wrong about that question not being in the poll. You are correct it is absolutely there. The Breitbart article didn't give the question much context, but the polling question was asked in terms of content of the State of the Union Speech and not what respondents actually think President Trump is doing.

So that part of the agenda has strong approval - just like the article claims - but the opinion of Trump's handling of his stated agenda is MUCH lower.

I stand corrected.

 

"And you're actually claiming that Harvard-Harris is biased toward Trump?"

I made no such claim of bias, either for or against Trump.

I wrote that I could not find a poll question related to the issue they claimed. I missed it because it was buried in the questions about the State of the Union performance, not what people actually believe regarding Trump's actions.

I made an error. Perhaps you made an error with your false claim about what I said.

 

What is the source? You posted a lot of info with no sourcing. How do we know where those number came from.

 

Just goes to show, the great unwashed have no clue.