Personal Finances


The New Hampshire Poll

March 30, 2026

Quarterly Survey – March 2026

The following results are based on 600 completed interviews among a statewide random sample of adults in New Hampshire. Of the 600 interviews, 537 interviews were among registered voters (172 Republicans, 143 Democrats, and 222 undeclared voters). The interviews were conducted March 22 through 27, 2026.

The theoretical margin of error for the total sample of 600 is plus or minus 4 percentage points, 95% of the time, on questions where opinion is evenly split. The theoretical margin of error for the sample of 537 registered voters is plus or minus 4.2 percentage points, 95% of the time, on questions where opinion is evenly split.

Question wording and responses:

Would you say that you are now financially better off, about the same, or worse off compared to a year ago?

	Better off	The same	Worse off	Undecided
Total sample	9%	27%	59%	5%

Voters	8%	27%	60%	5%

12/25	12%	30%	55%	3%
9/25	13%	32%	53%	2%
6/25	16%	33%	48%	3%
3/25	21%	31%	44%	4%

12/24	23%	35%	40%	2%
9/24	32%	41%	25%	2%
6/24	21%	43%	35%	1%
3/24	20%	39%	40%	1%

12/23	19%	36%	44%	1%
9/23	20%	32%	47%	1%
6/23	14%	36%	49%	1%
3/23	7%	40%	52%	1%

12/22	4%	38%	57%	1%
9/22	3%	35%	60%	2%
6/22	12%	35%	52%	1%
3/22	16%	40%	42%	2%

12/21	19%	45%	34%	2%
9/21	23%	48%	28%	1%
6/21	18%	56%	25%	1%
3/21	9%	67%	23%	1%

12/20	24%	56%	18%	2%
9/20	12%	66%	20%	1%
6/20	18%	53%	28%	1%
3/20	23%	31%	36%	10%

12/19	21%	60%	18%	1%
9/19	17%	54%	26%	3%
6/19	17%	53%	29%	1%
3/19	20%	45%	31%	4%

12/18	20%	56%	22%	2%
9/18	26%	64%	9%	1%
6/18	34%	50%	15%	1%
3/18	35%	56%	7%	2%

12/17	28%	47%	25%	-
9/17	25%	49%	25%	1%
6/17	27%	48%	24%	1%
3/17	23%	51%	25%	1%

12/16	18%	67%	8%	7%
9/16	29%	40%	29%	2%
6/16	11%	54%	33%	2%
3/16	18%	45%	35%	2%

12/15	15%	48%	34%	3%
9/15	18%	52%	29%	1%
6/15	23%	52%	24%	1%
3/15	18%	47%	34%	1%

12/14	20%	50%	29%	1%
9/14	22%	43%	30%	5%
6/14	25%	42%	32%	1%
3/14	15%	38%	44%	3%

12/13	14%	51%	34%	1%
9/13	21%	39%	38%	2%
6/13	22%	50%	27%	1%
3/13	13%	44%	39%	4%

12/12	11%	56%	33%	*
9/12	19%	50%	30%	1%
6/12	11%	48%	39%	2%
3/12	18%	42%	40%	-

12/11	8%	40%	51%	1%
9/11	12%	37%	51%	-
6/11	14%	38%	47%	1%
3/11	18%	29%	53%	-

12/10	7%	55%	37%	1%
9/10	4%	44%	49%	3%
6/10	8%	50%	42%	-
3/10	17%	46%	37%	-

12/09	9%	35%	53%	3%
9/09	5%	36%	57%	2%
6/09	2%	47%	49%	2%
3/09	9%	35%	51%	5%

12/08	8%	26%	65%	1%
9/08	26%	295	41%	4%
6/08	7%	39%	54%	-
3/08	15%	29%	56%	-

12/07	16%	41%	41%	2%
9/07	21%	47%	31%	1%
6/07	13%	53%	33%	1%
3/07	17%	53%	27%	3%

12/06	14%	54%	31%	1%
9/06	16%	42%	39%	3%
6/06	10%	53%	33%	4%
3/06	25%	33%	38%	4%

12/05	21%	44%	33%	2%
9/05	13%	55%	29%	3%
6/05	14%	29%	55%	2%
3/05	18%	35%	45%	2%

12/04	25%	36%	38%	1%
9/04	20%	38%	41%	1%
6/04	28%	37%	35%	-
3/04	22%	42%	36%	-

12/03	28%	47%	24%	1%
9/03	30%	35%	31%	4%
6/03	11%	52%	37%	-
3/03	21%	42%	36%	-

12/02	14%	49%	37%	-
9/02	15%	42%	43%	-
6/02	18%	55%	27%	-
3/02	13%	48%	39%	-

12/01	21%	51%	27%	1%
9/01	16%	64%	19%	1%
6/01	29%	43%	25%	3%
3/01	44%	43%	13%	-

12/00	40%	48%	11%	1%
9/00	36%	39%	25%	-
6/00	31%	53%	16%	-
3/00	31%	50%	16%	4%

12/99	33%	45%	22%	-
9/99	35%	37%	28%	-
6/99	43%	46%	10%	1%
3/99	33%	49%	15%	3%

Do you expect to be financially better off, about the same, or worse off a year from now?

	Better off	The same	Worse off	Undecided
Total sample	11%	26%	53%	10%

Voters	11%	25%	54%	10%

12/25	12%	32%	50%	6%
9/25	12%	34%	48%	6%
6/25	15%	37%	43%	5%
3/25	19%	41%	34%	6%

12/24	21%	48%	23%	8%
9/24	23%	53%	19%	6%
6/24	27%	37%	30%	6%
3/24	23%	31%	38%	8%

12/23	21%	23%	48%	8%
9/23	26%	17%	50%	7%
6/23	20%	32%	42%	6%
3/23	16%	34%	45%	5%

12/22	16%	31%	41%	12%
9/22	9%	45%	39%	7%
6/22	8%	36%	52%	4%
3/22	12%	45%	40%	3%

12/21	17%	50%	26%	7%
9/21	13%	53%	25%	9%
6/21	14%	22%	31%	3%
3/21	10%	62%	24%	4%

12/20	20%	44%	28%	8%
9/20	17%	58%	17%	8%
6/20	31%	52%	13%	4%
3/20	24%	35%	18%	23%

12/19	13%	63%	15%	9%
9/19	27%	57%	14%	2%
6/19	23%	56%	18%	3%
3/19	24%	54%	17%	5%

12/18	17%	62%	19%	2%
9/18	21%	65%	11%	3%
6/18	42%	28%	28%	2%
3/18	44%	20%	34%	2%

12/17	33%	41%	23%	3%
9/17	25%	42%	29%	4%
6/17	25%	45%	26%	4%
3/17	23%	40%	33%	4%

12/16	36%	40%	16%	8%
9/16	22%	57%	13%	8%
6/16	26%	43%	25%	6%
3/16	24%	52%	21%	3%

12/15	17%	46%	27%	10%
9/15	22%	48%	21%	9%
6/15	26%	52%	17%	5%
3/15	10%	67%	19%	4%

12/14	19%	54%	22%	5%
9/14	16%	60%	19%	5%
6/14	23%	49%	24%	4%
3/14	20%	40%	34%	6%

12/13	23%	47%	29%	1%
9/13	20%	44%	32%	4%
6/13	17%	53%	28%	2%
3/13	13%	52%	27%	8%

12/12	14%	50%	33%	3%
9/12	24%	49%	15%	12%
6/12	22%	43%	21%	14%
3/12	24%	48%	24%	4%

12/11	15%	55%	24%	6%
9/11	17%	43%	38%	2%
6/11	11%	60%	25%	4%
3/11	21%	45%	31%	3%

12/10	23%	57%	17%	3%
9/10	22%	52%	20%	6%
6/10	20%	53%	20%	7%
3/10	24%	50%	25%	1%

12/09	19%	50%	30%	1%
9/09	20%	49%	26%	5%
6/09	17%	55%	22%	6%
3/09	19%	58%	19%	4%

12/08	24%	49%	25%	2%
9/08	26%	29%	35%	10%
6/08	23%	35%	34%	8%
3/08	7%	56%	32%	5%

12/07	18%	51%	30%	1%
9/07	36%	43%	17%	4%
6/07	15%	55%	22%	8%
3/07	22%	59%	17%	2%

12/06	16%	59%	22%	3%
9/06	24%	41%	26%	9%
6/06	17%	53%	27%	3%
3/06	23%	46%	29%	2%

12/05	28%	41%	23%	8%
9/05	32%	42%	19%	7%
6/05	24%	33%	38%	5%
3/05	35%	33%	28%	4%

12/04	43%	35%	17%	5%
9/04	24%	44%	20%	12%
6/04	35%	50%	12%	3%
3/04	49%	44%	4%	3%

12/03	51%	38%	5%	6%
9/03	44%	43%	12%	1%
6/03	36%	44%	18%	2%
3/03	38%	53%	7%	2%

12/02	35%	46%	19%	-
9/02	46%	38%	4%	11%
6/02	28%	58%	8%	6%
3/02	27%	62%	6%	5%

12/01	33%	51%	8%	8%
9/01	28%	59%	9%	4%
6/01	41%	43%	10%	6%
3/01	46%	48%	6%	-

12/00	40%	47%	8%	5%
9/00	37%	46%	12%	5%
6/00	31%	53%	16%	-
3/00	31%	50%	16%	4%

12/99	44%	42%	10%	4%
9/99	43%	49%	7%	1%
6/99	38%	53%	6%	3%
3/99	40%	49%	3%	8%

In general, do you feel that this is a good time or a bad time for people like yourself to make a major purchase for their homes or families?

	Good time	Depends	Bad time	Undecided
Total sample	9%	37%	48%	6%

Voters	9%	37%	49%	5%

12/25	7%	44%	44%	5%
9/25	10%	40%	45%	5%
6/25	11%	42%	43%	4%
3/25	14%	50%	34%	2%

12/24	17%	46%	31%	6%
9/24	16%	37%	22%	25%
6/24	15%	53%	25%	7%
3/24	12%	60%	23%	5%

12/23	10%	51%	32%	7%
9/23	8%	45%	35%	12%
6/23	13%	59%	25%	3%
3/23	8%	60%	29%	3%

12/22	6%	60%	30%	4%
9/22	6%	57%	34%	3%
6/22	7%	58%	27%	8%
3/22	5%	60%	32%	3%

12/21	16%	48%	31%	5%
9/21	21%	44%	31%	4%
6/21	19%	50%	28%	3%
3/21	18%	57%	24%	1%

12/20	20%	44%	31%	5%
9/20	23%	28%	38%	11%
6/20	26%	35%	27%	12%
3/20	24%	55%	15%	6%

12/19	23%	20%	34%	23%
9/19	20%	39%	25%	16%
6/19	25%	41%	21%	13%
3/19	29%	37%	19%	15%

12/18	29%	31%	23%	17%
9/18	28%	19%	26%	27%
6/18	27%	34%	31%	8%
3/18	30%	41%	25%	4%

12/17	21%	26%	50%	3%
9/17	17%	29%	52%	2%
6/17	17%	29%	52%	2%
3/17	14%	29%	55%	2%

12/16	26%	30%	32%	12%
9/16	28%	36%	23%	13%
6/16	17%	29%	49%	5%
3/16	16%	34%	37%	14%

12/15	25%	32%	38%	5%
9/15	26%	45%	23%	6%
6/15	29%	37%	25%	9%
3/15	19%	35%	45%	1%

12/14	23%	33%	45%	*
9/14	21%	30%	47%	2%
6/14	21%	38%	41%	*
3/14	16%	38%	46%	*

12/13	19%	45%	36%	*
9/13	17%	41%	42%	-
6/13	17%	53%	28%	2%
3/13	19%	42%	39%	-

12/12	19%	46%	35%	-
9/12	31%	38%	31%	-
6/12	23%	42%	35%	-
3/12	20%	43%	37%	-

12/11	12%	44%	44%	-
9/11	17%	56%	28%	-
6/11	18%	45%	37%	-
3/11	17%	47%	36%	-

12/10	16%	41%	43%	-
9/10	14%	52%	34%	-
6/10	22%	36%	42%	-
3/10	25%	45%	30%	-

12/09	18%	50%	31%	1%
9/09	14%	54%	32%	-
6/09	13%	57%	30%	-
3/09	17%	59%	24%	-

12/08	12%	53%	35%	-
9/08	9%	53%	38%	-
6/08	15%	59%	26%	-
3/08	12%	54%	34%	-

12/07	19%	53%	28%	-
9/07	16%	58%	26%	-
6/07	16%	40%	44%	-
3/07	14%	37%	49%	-

12/06	16%	49%	35%	-
9/06	21%	45%	34%	-
6/06	14%	48%	37%	1%
3/06	17%	38%	45%	1%

12/05	8%	51%	40%	1%
9/05	17%	37%	45%	1%
6/05	33%	11%	50%	6%
3/05	21%	8%	67%	4%

12/04	27%	5%	62%	6%
9/04	31%	7%	57%	5%
6/04	27%	6%	58%	9%
3/04	47%	5%	48%	-

12/03	38%	4%	54%	4%
9/03	29%	7%	55%	9%
6/03	34%	13%	48%	5%
3/03	28%	4%	64%	4%

12/02	40%	3%	57%	-
9/02	32%	4%	56%	8%
6/02	43%	6%	38%	13%
3/02	34%	8%	56%	2%

12/01	31%	9%	54%	6%
9/01	25%	6%	64%	5%
6/01	49%	3%	43%	5%
3/01	46%	8%	35%	11%

12/00	47%	6%	35%	12%
9/00	69%	-	28%	3%
6/00	65%	6%	21%	8%
3/00	65%	6%	21%	8%

12/99	44%	7%	43%	6%
9/99	64%	5%	28%	3%
6/99	66%	8%	18%	8%
3/99	56%	10%	21%	3%

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