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Three-in-ten Americans see international trade as helping workers

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In a Verasight survey of 3,000 U.S. adults conducted Jan. 18 to 24, 2024, 31% of Americans said international trade has more positive than negative consequences for workers, while 26% said it has more negative than positive consequences. Within the positive band, 15% said more positive than negative, 10% said mainly positive, and 5% said all positive; within the negative band, 16% said more negative than positive, 7% said mainly negative, and 3% said all negative.

Nearly half said the consequences are equally negative and positive (44%).

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31% of Americans see international trade as helping workers; 26% see it as hurting workers.

On the whole, do you think that international trade has negative or positive consequences for workers?

  • Equally negative and positive 43.6%
  • More negative than positive 15.8%
  • More positive than negative 15.4%
  • Mainly positive 10.3%
  • Mainly negative 6.6%
  • All positive 4.9%
  • All negative 3.5%

2024 · base n 3,000 · +/- 3.5%

Verasight Interdisciplinary Omnibus Survey #2024-006

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Methodology

Full methodology
Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
Field dates
2024-01-18 → 2024-01-24
Base (unweighted)
3,000
Margin of error
+/- 3.5%
Module
Verasight Interdisciplinary Omnibus Survey #2024-006

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    Three-in-ten Americans see international trade as helping workersreports.verasight.io/reports/verasight-interdisciplinary-omnibus-survey-2024-006

Citation

Verasight Interdisciplinary Omnibus Survey #2024-006, fielded January 18-24, 2024, N=3,000 United States adults, +/- 3.5%.

https://reports.verasight.io/reports/verasight-interdisciplinary-omnibus-survey-2024-006#on-the-whole-do-you-think-that-international-trade-has-negative-or-positive-consequences-for-workers

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Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting.
Population
US adults age 18+.
Sample design
Surveys are run as omnibus or single-topic waves. Omnibus waves are split into modules with their own respondent set, typically around one thousand respondents per module.
Field window
Each wave specifies its own field dates. Most omnibus waves field across roughly two weeks.
Weighting
Per-module weighting to CPS targets including age, race and ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, and metropolitan status.
Partisanship benchmark
Pew Research Center's NPORS benchmarking surveys, three-year running average.
Vote benchmark
2024 presidential vote population benchmarks.
Margin of error
Typically about plus or minus 3.4 to 3.6 percent per module at standard module sizes. Question-level MoE is recomputed when a base shrinks materially below the module baseline.
Reporting
Every wave is published as a standalone report at verasight.io/reports with full instrument and methodology.
Transparency
AAPOR transparency standards.

Wave-specific methodology, full weighting variable lists, and verbatim instrument text live in each report at verasight.io/reports.