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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.
— Carl Bialik contributed to this article
See the results of these polls:
- Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Supreme Court of the United States is handling its job?
- Do you think tariffs imposed by Donald Trump have increased, decreased, or had no effect on the prices you paid for things that you bought?
- On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down most of President Donald Trump's tariffs. How much had you heard about this before now?
- Do you approve or disapprove of the U.S. Supreme Court striking down most of the tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump?
Methodology: This Daily Questions survey was conducted online on February 20, 2026. among 3,023 U.S. adults. A second was conducted February 5 - 6, 2026 among 1,931 U.S. adults. The sample was weighted according to gender, age, race, education, U.S. census region, and political party. The margin of error is approximately 3%.
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