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Trade & Tariffs

Taxes on imported goods and trade deals with other countries that affect prices and American jobs.

What This Means

Trade policy is about taxes on imported goods (tariffs) and deals with other countries. It affects prices you pay and which jobs stay in America.

Progressive

Wants mostly free trade that keeps prices low but with protections for workers.

Conservative

Wants tariffs to protect American jobs and factories from cheap foreign competition.

4270
Favors
4153
Opposes
161
Mixed / Neutral
8584
Total
Party Breakdown
3986 officials
99% favors0% mixed1% opposes
4439 officials
7% favors0% mixed93% opposes
159 officials
2% favors97% mixed1% opposes
Where Officials Stand

Officials grouped by where they land on this issue.

Stances are estimated, not sourced to each official’s public record. Treat them as a starting point and check a politician’s own statements before relying on them.

Favors4270

Joe LaCava
Council President, District 1, San Diego · CA

Estimated from democrat party platform

and 3639 others:
Nick Hinrichsen
Hinrichsen
Schiavo
Scott
Doan
Leon
G. Roni Green
G. Roni Green
State Representative · PA

Estimated based on democrat party platform

Dave Min
Dave Min
U.S. Representative · CA

Supports fair trade policies.

Gilbert Cisneros
Gilbert Cisneros
U.S. Representative · CA

Supports fair trade with labor and environmental standards.

Mixed161

Mariana Nogales Molinelli
Representative, Puerto Rico House · PR

Estimated from independent party platform

and 154 others:
Shah
Christina Martinez
Martinez
Fox
Brower
Rubinstein
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
U.S. Senator · SC

Traditionally a free-trader who has increasingly supported tariffs under Trump's influence.

Elissa Slotkin
Elissa Slotkin
U.S. Senator · MI

Supports targeted trade enforcement for Michigan manufacturing but favors free trade broadly.

Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
U.S. Senator · IA

Supports free trade for Iowa agriculture but backed some Trump-era tariff actions.

Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
U.S. Senator · WV

Supports tariffs to protect West Virginia coal and manufacturing but favors some trade deals.

Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
U.S. Senator · TX

Shifted from free trade advocacy to supporting Trump-era tariffs on strategic competitors.

Opposes4153

Jeff Keicher
Jeff Keicher
State Representative, District 70 · IL

Estimated from republican party platform

and 4053 others:
Steinhardt
Mike Harris
Harris
John Torbett
Torbett
Dabney
Marshall
Jacob D. Banta
Jacob D. Banta
State Representative · PA

Estimated based on republican party platform

and 64 others:
Josh Bashline
Bashline
Andrew S. Chesney
Chesney
Jeremy Shaffer
Shaffer
Joanne Stehr
Stehr
Jill N. Cooper
Cooper
Jon Ossoff
Jon Ossoff
U.S. Senator · GA

Supports free trade with strong enforcement of labor and environmental standards.

John Fetterman
John Fetterman
U.S. Senator · PA

Supports tariffs to protect Pennsylvania manufacturing jobs and has bucked Democratic free-trade orthodoxy.

Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
U.S. Senator · MA

Skeptical of traditional free trade deals, insists on strong worker and environmental protections.

Alma Adams
Alma Adams
U.S. Representative · NC

Skeptical of trade deals lacking strong labor and environmental protections.

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