Majority of Americans Believe NAFTA Good for US, Pew Poll Says
Fifty-six percent of Americans believe NAFTA is good for the U.S. and 33 percent believe it is bad for the country, according to a Pew Research Center survey. Only 30 percent said Mexico benefits more from the agreement than the…
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U.S., while 20 percent said Canada benefits more. But 54 percent of Republicans and “Republican-leaning independents” view NAFTA negatively, while 35 percent say it is good. Meanwhile, 72 percent of Democrats and “Democratic leaners” say the agreement is good for the U.S. and 18 percent believe it’s bad, Pew said. Further, 53 percent of right-leaning individuals say Mexico benefits more from the deal than the U.S., compared with 31 percent who say the deal benefits the two countries equally and 7 percent who say the U.S. benefits more. Fifty-eight percent of left-leaning individuals said NAFTA benefits the U.S. and Mexico equally, while 16 percent said Mexico benefits more and another 16 percent said the U.S. benefits more.