Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for September 6, 2022
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
September 6, 2022: Just 23% of voters say their personal finances are getting better. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 40% say their personal finances are getting worse, and 37% say they are staying about the same.
Those figures reflect a modest improvement from last month when 18% said their finances were getting better and 46% said they were getting worse.
The survey also found that 34% of voters rate their personal finances as excellent or good, while 65% rate them as fair or poor.
| Date | % Better | % Worse | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23-25 | 23% | 40% | -17 |
| July 12-14 | 18% | 46% | -28 |
| May 12-14 | 20% | 48% | -28 |
| Aug 21-23 | 24% | 39% | -15 |
| March 17-19 | 22% | 41% | -19 |
| Feb. 10-13 | 22% | 39% | -17 |
| Jan. 7-8 | 20% | 35% | -15 |
| Dec. 8-10, 2021 | 28% | 31% | -3 |
| Nov. 4-7, 2021 | 26% | 30% | -4 |
| Oct. 18-20, 2021 | 29% | 31% | -2 |
| Oct. 5-6, 2021 | 25% | 33% | -8 |
| Sept. 30-Oct.2, 2021 | 25% | 33% | -8 |
| Aug 20-22, 2021 | 29% | 21% | -2 |
| July 27-28, 2021 | 31% | 26% | +5 |
| June 22-24, 2021 | 32% | 26% | +6 |
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on August 23-25, 2022. Fieldwork for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. Certain quotas were applied, and the sample was lightly weighted by geography, gender, age, race, education, internet usage, and political party to reasonably reflect the nation’s population of registered voters. Other variables were reviewed to ensure that the final sample is representative of that population.
The margin of sampling error for the full sample is +/- 2.8 percentage points.
Note: Neither Scott Rasmussen, ScottRasmussen.com, nor RMG Research, Inc. have any affiliation with Rasmussen Reports. While Scott Rasmussen founded that firm, he left nearly a decade ago and has had no involvement since that time.
Survey Questions
Are your personal finances getting better or worse these days?
- 6%-Much better
- 17%-Somewhat better
- 37%-About the same
- 26%-Somewhat worse
- 14%-Much worse
- 1%-Not sure
How do you rate your personal finances these days?
- 6%-Excellent
- 28%-Good
- 40%-Fair
- 25%-Poor
- 2%-Not sure
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