More Pennsylvania voters are saying in a new poll they are worse off financially in comparison to the previous year than a few months ago, findings in a key swing state carried by President Trump in 2024 that come as the midterms approach later this year.<\/p>\n
In the Quinnipiac University poll<\/a>, 44 percent of respondents described their financial situation as “worse” in comparison to the prior year, 36 percent described it as “better,” 19 percent said it is the “same,” and 1 percent were unsure or gave no response.<\/p>\n Quinnipiac’s February poll on the same topic found that 36 percent of respondents in Pennsylvania described their situation as worse than a year prior. Forty percent in the February poll, per Quinnipiac, described their financial situation as better, and 22 percent said it was the same.<\/p>\n Pennsylvanians’ concerns about their finances will likely factor into their votes in this year’s midterms, as Republicans prepare to try to hold on to their narrow House majority in November.<\/p>\n The House currently has 218 Republicans, 212 Democrats and 1 independent. With three seats in Pennsylvania rated as toss-ups, according to the nonpartisan Cook Political Report<\/a>, Keystone State voters’ troubles with their money may cost the GOP as the party in power.<\/p>\n The Quinnipiac poll also found that 49 percent of respondents want Democrats to take the House, while 43 percent want Republicans to retain their power over the lower chamber, and 8 percent were unsure or gave no response.<\/p>\n