I mean, what people will tell a pollster on this subject and what they actually do voting with their wallet are different, wouldn't you say? I wouldn't dismiss the poll numbers outright but especially when people's money is involved, when push comes to shove I have little difficulty imagining that many will buy the cheaper item regardless of what they say their priorities are. I guess what I'm saying is, there has to be some delta there to account for people who are just virtue signaling in poll responses... I don't know how big a delta but this is one situation where you can look at spending habits in areas where there IS a clear choice to buy US made vs Chinese etc. made. It's not that tough to buy us made clothes, for example, but people don't..
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