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SC residents believe higher tariffs will increase US manufacturing jobs, according to Winthrop poll

A new poll out this morning from Winthrop University in Rock Hill says half of South Carolinians think tariffs on imports from other countries will end up costing the U.S. more money than it brings in. Also, while nearly 9 in 10 South Carolinians anticipate paying more for the products they buy because of these tariffs, 62% believe higher tariffs will result in the creation of more U.S. manufacturing jobs.

The poll says half of South Carolinians approve of the way Donald Trump is handling immigration, but 45% disapprove of the way Trump is handling the economy while 43% approve. Winthrop says the new poll has a 2.8 percent margin of error. It surveyed more than 1,200 state residents.

Woody is a Charlotte native who came to WFAE from the world of NASCAR where he was host of NASCAR Today for MRN Radio as well as a pit reporter, turn announcer and host of the NASCAR Live pre race show for Cup Series races. Before that, he was a news anchor at WBT radio in Charlotte, a traffic reporter, editor of The Charlotte Observer’s University City Magazine, News/Sports Director at WEGO-AM in Concord and a Swiss Army knife in local cable television. His first job after graduating from Appalachian State University was news reporter at The Daily Independent in Kannapolis. Along the way he’s covered everything from murder trials and a national political convention to high school sports and minor league baseball.