Most Americans approve of the Supreme Court striking down Trump's tariffs
Surveys about the Supreme Court's tariff ruling, presidents and first ladies, TrumpRx, condiments, greenhouse gases, spam calls, dads in the delivery room, the Olympics, Lent, and social media.
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Most Americans (60%) strongly or somewhat approve of the U.S. Supreme Court striking down many tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, a new YouGov poll conducted hours after the decision finds.
Only 23% of Americans disapprove of the Supreme Court’s decision. Almost all Democrats approve of it (88%), as do 63% of Independents. Republicans are more likely to disapprove than approve of the ruling, but a large minority (30%) of Republicans approve, compared to 47% of Republicans who disapprove.
Most Americans say Trump’s tariffs have increased the prices they’ve personally paid, either by a lot (41%) or slightly (25%). Only 5% of Americans say prices have gone down. 16% say the tariffs have had no effect on prices they’ve paid.
Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say they’ve paid more because of tariffs, but even Republicans are four times more likely to say Trump’s tariffs have increased prices than to say that they’ve decreased prices. The bigger difference is in the share who say prices have gone up a lot because of tariffs: 67% of Democrats but only 13% of Republicans say this.
Americans who say Trump’s tariffs have made them pay higher prices are more likely to approve of the Supreme Court ruling than are those who don’t — and the same is true among Republicans.
Of the 13% of Republicans who say their prices have increased a lot because of the tariffs, 68% strongly or somewhat approve of the court’s ruling, and only 15% disapprove. Republicans who say their prices have increased slightly are closely split (43% approve and 48% disapprove). And Republicans who say their prices have decreased or not changed mostly disapprove (12% approve vs. 69% disapprove). The number of Republican respondents who say their prices increased a lot is small but the difference is large enough to make the effect is significant.
The same split shows up among Independents, with approval for the Supreme Court’s ruling at 87% among those who say their prices have increased a lot, 66% among those who say their prices have increased slightly, and 34% among those who say their prices have decreased or not changed.
Almost all Democrats approve of the court’s ruling, whether they say their prices have increased a lot or a little. Too few Democrats say Trump’s tariffs have decreased prices or not changed prices for YouGov to report this group’s views.
So far, the Supreme Court’s rejection of Trump’s tariffs does not appear to have had an effect on how Americans view the court. In October 2025, 32% of U.S. adult citizens strongly or somewhat approved of how the Supreme Court was doing its job, and 47% disapproved — a net job approval of -15. Today the Supreme Court’s net job approval among adult citizens is -13. Net Supreme Court job approval among Democrats has changed little, to -58 from -60 in October; among Republicans it was -43 in both surveys.
The effect of the decision on approval of the Supreme Court could increase as more Americans hear about the decision. As of the poll, 21% had heard a lot about the decision, 43% a little, and 27% nothing at all.
Charting opinions
How Americans evaluate U.S. presidents and first ladies
A new YouGov survey asked Americans to rate 20 U.S. presidents and 11 first ladies on a scale from outstanding to poor. The three presidents rated as outstanding or above average by the highest shares of Americans among the 20 in the poll are Abraham Lincoln (74%), John F. Kennedy (66%), and George Washington (65%). More recent presidents have many more detractors than do presidents from earlier in U.S. history. (Taylor Orth)
Many Americans like the concept of TrumpRx, but the name turns off some of them
When TrumpRx is not mentioned by name, a majority (57%) of Americans somewhat or strongly approve of the new website; only 19% say they disapprove of it. In contrast, when the name TrumpRx is mentioned, opinions are more closely divided: 41% approve and 31% disapprove. That amounts to a 28-point difference in net approval. This may underestimate the effect of the program’s name, as some respondents might have been aware of TrumpRx’s name before taking the poll. (Alexander Rossell Hayes)
Americans’ favorite condiments
The three condiments that the largest share of Americans say they “love” out of the 22 included in the survey are peanut butter (44%), honey (40%), and salsa (37%). Other popular condiments are barbecue sauce (34% love it), chocolate sauce (33%), ketchup (33%), maple syrup (32%), jam or jelly (32%), ranch dressing (30%), and mayonnaise (30%).
None of the 22 condiments are thought of negatively by a majority of Americans, though sizable shares do say they dislike or hate fish sauce (39%), hot sauce (27%), and relish (27%). Neutral feelings are most common for steak sauce (30%) and Thousand Island dressing (29%). (Taylor Orth)
Quick takes
Gases: 44% of Americans say government regulation of greenhouse gases should be increased a lot (30%) or a little (14%), while 18% say they should be decreased a lot (12%) or decreased a little (6%)
Spam: 22% of Americans say they always or sometimes answer phone calls from numbers they don’t recognize, including 31% of 18- to 29-year-olds, 25% of 30- to 44-year-olds, 17% of 45- to 64-year-olds, and 16% of those 65 and older
Fathers: 79% of Americans — including 73% of men and 84% of women — say men should generally be in the delivery room when their children are being born
Olympics: 42% of Americans say national success at the Olympic Games should be judged based on total medals won, while 21% say it should be based on total gold medals won
Lent: 14% of Americans say they’ll give something up for Lent this year, and 70% say they won’t
Social media: 18% of American say they are addicted to social media, while 29% say they aren’t but know someone who is, and 39% say neither they nor anyone they know personally are
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Carl Bialik contributed to this newsletter.