Personal Finances: New Low, 23% Say Getting Better While 39% Say Worse

Publication Date: 06/10/2026 5:00 AM CST

Personal Finances: New Low, 23% Say Getting Better While 39% Say Worse

Publication: 06/10/2026 5:00 AM CST

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Just 23% of voters say their personal finances are getting better, down 3 points from 2 weeks ago and a new low during Trump's 2nd term.
- Thirty-nine percent (39%) say their finances are getting worse, up 3 points from 2 weeks and a month ago.
- The number saying their finances are getting worse peaked at 41% in April, just after President Trump announced "Liberation Day."
- With the war in Iran and higher gas prices, voters are feeling less optimistic about their finances.
Four in 10 voters (39%) of voters rate their personal finances as Good or Excellent, down 1 point from 2 weeks and down 2 points from a month ago.
- This week, 23% of voters rate their finances as Poor, up 1 point from 2 weeks ago and up 2 points from a month ago.
- When President Biden took office in 2021 (after President Trump's first term), 48% of voters rated their personal finances as Good or Excellent.
- By the time President Trump took office again in 2025, those rating their finances as Good or Excellent had fallen to 36%.
- Half (50%) of Republicans say their finances are Good or Excellent, and 32% of Democrats say the same.
- A majority (64%) of voters making over $150K rate their personal finances as Good or Excellent, and 67% of voters who talk politics almost daily say the same.
Bad economic news (such as higher gas prices) impacts economic confidence immediately, and it generally takes about 6 months of good news to overcome.
- If these numbers continue, Democrats will do well in the November midterms.

For a history of how voters have felt, see the trends on personal finances.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, June 8-9, 2026. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.