28% Say Finances Getting Better, 33% Say Worse

Publication Date: 01/21/2026 5:00 AM CST

28% Say Finances Getting Better, 33% Say Worse

Publication: 01/21/2026 5:00 AM CST

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Twenty-eight percent (28%) of voters say their finances are getting better, and 33% say they are getting worse.
- These opinions are more pessimistic than 2 weeks ago, when 30% said their finances were getting better, and 30% said worse.
- However, in the midst of the government shutdown in November, 25% said their finances were getting better and 39% said worse.
From July 2021 until just before the 2024 election, more people were pessimistic than optimistic about their finances in every survey.
- The current perceptions are among the least pessimistic in nearly five years.
Still, 42% of voters rate their personal finances as Good or Excellent, just 1 point lower than 2 weeks ago.
- In early November, ratings on personal finances as Good or Excellent were at 37%, the lowest since President Trump took office.
- Twenty-one percent (21%) of voters rate their finances as Poor, the same as 2 weeks ago and down 2 points from a month ago.
- When President Biden took office in 2021, 48% of voters rated their personal finances as Good or Excellent.
- That had fallen to 36% by the time President Trump took office in 2025.
- More than half (56%) of Republicans say their finances are Good or Excellent, but only 30% of Democrats say the same.
- More men (47%) than women (37%) rate their personal finances as Good or Excellent.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, January 19-20, 2026. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.