• Just one quarter (26%) of voters say their finances are getting better, and another 39% say they are getting worse*.
  
  • This is the most pessimistic voters have been since before the 2024 election, when 25% said their finances were getting better and 41% said worse.
  • Only two weeks ago, 31% said their finances were getting better, while 31% said worse.
  • A month ago, the numbers were even again at 32%.
• From July 2021 until just before the 2024 election, more people were pessimistic than optimistic about their finances in every single survey.
• Thirty-seven percent (37%) of voters rate their personal finances as Good or Excellent, also the lowest since Trump took office.
  • Twenty-three percent (23%) of voters rate their finances as Poor.
  • When President Biden took office in 2021, 48% of voters rated their personal finances as Good or Excellent.
  • That fell to 36% when President Trump took office in 2025.
  • Currently, a majority (58%) of voters who like Trump's policies rate their finances as Good or Excellent.
  • An even larger majority (62%) of those earning over $150K gave a Good or Excellent rating on their finances.

*This survey was completed just before the Supreme Court heard arguments on President Trump's ability to enforce tariffs.