The "year of the outsider" in this presidential election has also been the year of free trade skeptics. But according to a new poll, the biggest group of them aren't gathered in a hip cafe serving $4 fair-trade dark roasts. That is, unless demographers have missed a mass migration of Republicans to Brooklyn.

35 percent of self-identified Republicans say free trade agreements are bad for the American economy, a new Associated Press survey reports, compared to just 22 percent of Democrats. Overall, more respondents view free trade deals favorably than unfavorably, at 33 to 27 percent -- but a plurality, 37 percent, say they make little difference.

The findings are part of a larger survey the AP conducted about the public's sentiments on trade issues, which found that Americans value inexpensive goods more than made-in-the-U.S.A. branding.

Nearly three in four say they would like to buy goods manufactured inside the United States, but those items are often too costly or difficult to find, according to the survey released Thursday. A mere 9 percent say they only buy American. Asked about a real world example of choosing between $50 pants made in another country or an $85 pair made in the United States — one retailer sells two such pairs made with the same fabric and design — 67 percent say they'd buy the cheaper pair. Only 30 percent would pony up for the more expensive American-made one. People in higher earning households earning more than $100,000 a year are no less likely than lower-income Americans to say they'd go for the lower price. "Low prices are a positive for US consumers — it stretches budgets and allows people to save for their retirements, if they're wise, with dollars that would otherwise be spent on day-to-day living," said Sonya Grob, 57, a middle school secretary from Norman, Oklahoma who described herself as a "liberal Democrat."

Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have tapped into an anti-free trade strain among their respective supporters, but the other major contenders in each party, Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton, have also expressed their own free-trade skepticism. All four candidates have expressed their opposition to the Trans Pacific Partnership, for example, the major free trade agreement pushed by the Obama administration.

Read more about the AP's findings here.