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The Working Class Knows Trump’s Tariffs Will Hurt Them
In 2024, exit polls show Donald Trump beat Kamala Harris by two points with voters making less than $50,000 a year, and by four points with voters making less than $100,000 a year (51%-47%).
Trump, with his delusional beliefs about tariffs, keeps selling them as bringing jobs back to the United States.
However, new polling as reported by Semafor, shows that working-class people aren’t buying it:
The Working Class Project, an American Bridge spinoff led by former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, surveyed 1,000 “working class voters” (most with a household income under $75,000) who broke for Trump in 2024. Fifty-nine percent said that the tariffs amounted to a “tax” on Americans and American companies, and 59% worried that “going back and forth” with tariffs on clos…
