A new NBC News/Marist poll in Pennsylvania finds that 45% of voters believe that tariffs and other import barriers will raise costs of consumer goods and hurt the country’s economy. By comparison, just 27% believe they will protect American jobs and help the economy.
Meanwhile, President Trump’s approval rate is a lowly 37% to 53%.
Gov. Tom Wolf (D) and Sen. Bob Casey (D) are both comfortably ahead of their Republican opponents this fall.
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.