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Majority of American Voters Oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership (September 24-27, 2015 Survey)

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GlobalTradeWatch, TPP Leesburg Rally, September 9, 2012, Creative Commons-Flickr
GlobalTradeWatch, TPP Leesburg Rally, September 9, 2012, Creative Commons-Flickr

From Coalition for Better Trade, Sept. 30, 2015:

MAJORITY OF AMERICAN VOTERS OPPOSE THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP

Opposition cuts across demographic groups; includes majorities of women and men, voters over and under 50, college and non-college educated voters, and independents.

WASHINGTON, DC – In a recently released poll from the Coalition for Better Trade, a clear majority of voters who can offer an opinion about the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement (TPP) say they oppose the deal. Of those voters who offered an opinion of TPP, 60 percent were opposed to the deal, and 30 percent were in favor. This deal is currently being negotiated by the Administration in Atlanta.

Almost half of those polled (47 percent) did not know enough about the TPP deal to offer an opinion. But among those that did, their opinion was clear. Opposition also cut across…

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