Personal Finances


The New Hampshire Poll

March 17, 2021

Quarterly Survey – March 2021

The following results are based on 600 completed interviews among a statewide random sample of adults in New Hampshire. Of the 600 interviews, 569 interviews were among registered voters (165 Republicans, 175 Democrats, and 229 undeclared voters). The interviews were conducted March 12 through 16, 2021.

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 569 registered voters is plus or minus 4.1 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%	67%	23%	1%

Voters	10%	68%	21%	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	10%	62%	24%	4%

Voters	10%	60%	25%	5%

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	18%	57%	24%	1%

Voters	19%	57%	23%	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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