Americans are more downbeat about their personal financial situations now than they’ve been in decades, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, an attitude likely to dominate this year’s presidential and congressional elections.
A 55% majority of those surveyed say their families are worse off financially than they were a year ago ”” the highest number since Gallup first asked the question in 1976 and a jump of 11 percentage points since February.
Just 26% say they are better off.