What the crowd rated

New US tariffs on dozens of countries: what do they actually do?

The US has added new tariffs on dozens of trading partners, replacing a blanket duty that had just expired. Tell us what you think tariffs like these do, and where you would feel it if prices moved.

34%Mostly pushes prices up for shoppersQuestion 1

56%Food and groceriesQuestion 2

Question by question

Question 1Pick one

Do tariffs like these mostly protect local jobs, or mostly push prices up?

Mostly pushes prices up for shoppers34%263

Both happen, in roughly equal measure29%224

Mostly protects local jobs19%150

Neither, everyday life barely changes11%88

Not sure6%46

Question 2Pick multiple

If prices did go up where you live, where would you feel it first?

Voters chose more than one answer, so these shares add up to more than 100%.

Food and groceries56%432

Fuel and transport33%254

Electricity and utility bills26%197

Medicine and healthcare20%153

Clothes and shoes19%145

Phones and electronics13%97

Rent or housing costs9%66

Other (tell us)1%6

Who answered, and how we count itSampling, free-text handling and full methodology771

Verified humans

771

Every ballot is one World ID holder. No bots, no repeat voting, no weighting applied.

Margin at 95%

±3.5 pts

Sampling error for this many ballots. The crowd is self-selected, so this is not a representative panel.

Written-in answers

Summarised into themes by machine, then reviewed. Individual responses are never shown.

Aggregate results from verified voters. Free-text answers are summarised into themes; individual responses are kept private and never shown. A read-only record of what World ID holders expressed in our polls — not VoxPop predictions, and not financial advice.

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