The latest Napolitan News survey finds that 24% of voters say their personal finances are getting better, 4 points down from 2 weeks ago and 6 points from a month ago. Meanwhile, 45% say they are getting worse. That is 7 points higher than last week and 11 up from a month ago.

Those totals include just 8% who say their finances are getting Much Better, while 19% say they are getting Much Worse.

Even more significant, however, is who is feeling worse about their personal finances: 49% of Main Street voters* report worsening personal finances. That is up 3 points from 2 weeks ago and 11 from a month ago. Just 23% say they are getting better.

These are the worst economic numbers since October 28, 2024. That was the last economic survey run by Napolitan News before President Trump was elected in November of that year.

The Iran Impact

Shortly before the war with Iran, optimism on personal finances was near its highest in 5 years. With the onset of war came numbers that rivaled the pessimism of when Joe Biden was in office. After the initial shock, voters spent much of the year somewhere in between in the two extremes, until today hit a new low.

The Summary

As Scott Rasmussen has repeatedly insisted, how voters feel about the direction of their personal finances is the biggest single factor in any election. So, it is no surprise to find that the already-positive midterm environment for Democrats in the House continues to drift towards the left.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, October 12-13, 2026. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.

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.