38% of Americans described their financial situations as better than last year, jumping for the first time since 2008 over Americans who considered themselves worse off. Considering the 4% points separating the two opinions, the finding is not abrupt, but signals questionably positive public opinion regarding the economy.
However, this sentiment splits down partisan lines. 62% of Democrats consider themselves better off this year, while only 16% of Republicans describe themselves similarly. Conversely, 9% of Democrats find themselves worse off this year, while 55% of Republicans responded likewise. Independents hover somewhere in the middle, with 40% sharing a worse off response and 34% self-describing as better off. With opinions regarding present situations minimally optimistic, future predictions are quite high; 66% of respondents predict that next year will be better than this one, pulling in 57% of Republicans, 62% of Independents, and 80% of Democrats.
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