Personal Finance Numbers Remain at Pre-Trump Lows

Publication Date: 11/19/2025 5:00 AM CST

Personal Finance Numbers Remain at Pre-Trump Lows

Publication: 11/19/2025 5:00 AM CST

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Just one quarter (25%) 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.
- Numbers were similar 2 weeks ago when 26% said their finances were getting better, while 39% said worse.
- A month ago, the numbers were even at 31%.
From July 2021 until just before the 2024 election, more people were pessimistic than optimistic about their finances in every survey.
Thirty-eight percent (38%) of voters rate their personal finances as Good or Excellent.
- This is up 1 point from 2 weeks ago when it was 37%, the lowest since President Trump took office.
- Twenty-six percent (26%) 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 had fallen to 36% by the time President Trump took office in 2025.
- A majority (55%) of voters who like Trump's policies rate their finances as Good or Excellent.
- An even larger majority (64%) of those earning over $150K gave a Good or Excellent rating on their finances.
- In contrast, only 46% of those making $75K-$150K along with 39% of those making $50-$75K say their finances are Good or Excellent.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, November 17-18, 2025. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.