Voters Still Give Low Ratings on Personal Finances, But Slight Uptick

Publication Date: 12/18/2025 5:00 AM CST

Voters Still Give Low Ratings on Personal Finances, But Slight Uptick

Publication: 12/18/2025 5:00 AM CST

Member Content

The content you are trying to access is currently only available to Gold Circle Members. If you are a member, please log in to view.

To learn more about becoming a Gold Circle Member, please refer to our membership page.

Full Toplines: RESTRICTED

Full Crosstabs URL: RESTRICTED

Toplines are free for use after embargo, if any. Crosstabs are confidential and not for public release. However, you may cite specific demographic data from these reports.
For any data released, please cite Napolitan News Service.

Public Content

Only 27% of voters say their finances are getting better, and another 33% say they are getting worse.
- These opinions, while not good news in general, are a slight improvement from 2 weeks ago, when 26% said their finances were getting better, and 36% said worse.
- However, a month ago, 25% said their finances were getting better and 39% said worse-- a negative 14-point difference, that has steadily decreased.
From July 2021 until just before the 2024 election, more people were pessimistic than optimistic about their finances in every survey.
- During the shutdown in November, the numbers spiked at 39% saying their finances were getting worse.
- The numbers have gone back down close to the 32% we saw before the shutdown.
Thirty-eight percent (38%) of voters rate their personal finances as Good or Excellent, the same as 2 weeks ago.
- In early November, ratings on personal finances as Good or Excellent were at 37%, the lowest since President Trump took office.
- Twenty-three percent (23%) of voters rate their finances as Poor, down 3 points from a month ago.
- 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 (56%) of voters who like Trump's policies rate their finances as Good or Excellent, but only 30% of voters who prefer AOC-type policies say the same.
- A large majority (60%) of postgraduates gave a Good or Excellent rating on their finances.
- In contrast, only 32% of voters with no college and 47% of undergraduates 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, December 15-16, 2025. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.