In this week’s Economist/YouGov Poll:

Plus polling on tariffs, gifts from foreign governments, Trump's crypto investments, Israel, trust, and voting history.

  • 49% of Americans say tariffs on foreign goods imported into the U.S. should be decreased, 24% say they should be kept the same, and 14% say they should be increased
  • 61% of Americans say it is unacceptable for a U.S. president to accept valuable gifts from foreign governments while in office; 22% say it is acceptable
  • Three times as many Americans strongly or somewhat disapprove as approve of Trump and his family doing business with foreign countries while he is president (65% vs. 21%)
  • Three times as many Americans disapprove as approve of Trump having a personal investment in the cryptocurrency industry while he is president (64% vs. 20%)
  • Only 15% of Americans say the U.S. should take into account what Israel wants "a great deal" when deciding what to do in the Middle East; 24% say it should take it into account some, 20% a little, and 26% not at all
  • 34% of Americans have a great deal or quite a lot of trust in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), slightly more than do in the Department of War (32%), the United Nations (UN, 31%), the State Department (26%), and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA, 24%)

See the toplines and crosstabs for the August 14 - 17, 2026 Economist/YouGov Poll

Methodology: The poll was conducted among 1,611 U.S. adult citizens. Respondents were selected from YouGov’s opt-in panel to be representative of U.S. adult citizens. A random sample (stratified by gender, age, race, education, geographic region, and voter registration) was selected from the 2019 American Community Survey. The sample was weighted according to gender, age, race, education, geographic region, 2024 presidential vote, 2020 election turnout and presidential vote, baseline party identification, and current voter registration status. 2024 presidential vote, at time of weighting, was estimated to be 48% Harris and 50% Trump. Demographic weighting targets come from the 2019 American Community Survey. Baseline party identification is the respondent’s most recent answer given around November 8, 2024, and is weighted to the estimated distribution at that time (31% Democratic, 33% Republican). The margin of error for the overall sample is approximately 3.4%.

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