44% Say They're Better Off Than 4 Years Ago

Publication Date: 04/29/2026 10:29 AM CST

44% Say They're Better Off Than 4 Years Ago

Publication: 04/29/2026 10:29 AM CST

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Forty-four percent (44%) of voters say they are better off than they were four years ago, while another 49% say they are not.
- This number is down 4 points from February and down 2 points from last November.
- However, just 37% of Main Street voters report being better off, compared to 57% of Elite or Elite Adjacent Voters.*
Only 33% say their income has kept up with inflation, while 58% say it's been falling behind.
- More men (37%) than women (30%) say their income has kept up with inflation.
- Forty-six percent (46%) of high-income voters making over 150k say their income has kept up, but only 20% of voters making $50k or less say the same.
More than half (56%) of voters say inflation is due to the policies and rhetoric of the president.
- This is up 3 points from February and up 5 points from November.
- Only 34% say inflation is primarily due to factors beyond the president's control.
- A majority of Democrats (78%) say inflation is due to policies and rhetoric, but only 33% of Republicans say the same.

* Elite Voters are defined as those with a postgraduate degree, make more than $150,000 annually, and live in a densely populated urban area. Elite Adjacent Voters have at least one of these characteristics. Main Street voters have none of these characteristics, and make up the largest portion of voters.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, April 27-28, 2026. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.