44% Say They’re Better Off Than 4 Years Ago

• Forty-four percent (44%) of voters say they are better off than they were four years ago, while another 49% say they are not.
  • This number is down 4 points from February and down 2 points from last November.
  • However, just 37% of Main Street voters report being better off, compared to 57% of Elite or Elite Adjacent Voters.*
• Only 33% say their income has kept up with inflation, while 58% say it’s been falling behind.
  • More men (37%) than women (30%) say their income has kept up with inflation.
  • Forty-six percent (46%) of high-income voters making over 150k say their income has kept up, but only 20% of voters making $50k or less say the same.
• More than half (56%) of voters say inflation is due to the policies and rhetoric of the president.
  • This is up 3 points from February and up 5 points from November.
  • Only 34% say inflation is primarily due to factors beyond the president’s control.
  • A majority of Democrats (78%) say inflation is due to policies and rhetoric, but only 33% of Republicans say the same.

* 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.