美国广播公司、《华盛顿邮报》与益普索联合民调显示：超半数美国人坦言，医疗、一周度假与新车对家庭而言 “负担不起”。
一、核心民生负担数据
住房：约三分之二无房者认为，可预见未来买不起房。
债务：近半数美国人背负 **“大量” 或 “部分” 债务 **(含信用卡、车贷、学贷、医疗债)，其中 15% 称债务 “沉重”。
大额开支负担率：
新车：74% 家庭认为负担不起
一周度假：60% 家庭认为负担不起
医疗：56% 家庭认为负担不起
外出就餐：49% 家庭认为负担不起
食品杂货：45% 家庭认为负担不起
家庭水电：45% 家庭认为负担不起
相对可负担项：多数人认为汽油(71%)、房租 / 房贷(60%) 尚可承担。
二、经济体感与阶层分化
整体经济感受：近半数人认为，特朗普第二任期以来经济变差;三分之一称生活水平不如 2025 年 1 月;仅53% 表示 “刚好维持现有生活水准”。
购房信心差异：
年龄：50 岁以下无房者中 35% 看好未来购房;50 岁以上仅26%
收入：年收入 10 万美元以上无房者中 41% 看好;低于该收入者不足三分之一
党派：共和党无房者中 41% 看好;独立人士 33%;民主党人仅27%
租房群体矛盾：74% 租客想买房，但仅65% 认为自己买得起，意愿与能力存在明显差距。
三、不同群体负担感受对比
收入：低收入群体对所有调查项目的 “负担不起” 比例均更高。
性别：女性比男性更易觉得新车、度假、外出就餐、食品、房租 / 房贷负担不起。
年龄：50 岁以下人群对所有项目的 “负担不起” 比例高于年长者。
党派：民主党、独立人士比共和党更觉负担重;非 “让美国再次伟大”(MAGA)支持者的共和党人，比 MAGA 支持者更感压力。
家庭：有子女者比无子女者，更觉食品、水电、房租 / 房贷、外出就餐、度假、新车负担不起。
种族：黑人(57%)、拉丁裔(53%)有债务比例高于白人(42%)、亚裔(36%)。
四、财务状况与选举倾向
财务状态：53%“刚好维持生活”;28%“财务状况改善”(较去年 25% 上升);17%“财务状况恶化”(较去年 20% 下降)。
收入与财务改善：年收入 10 万美元以上者中 40% 称 “改善”;5–10 万美元者约 20%;低于 5 万美元者仅10%。
选举倾向：
财务改善者：67% 支持共和党众议院候选人，29% 支持民主党
刚好维持者：54% 支持民主党，37% 支持共和党
财务恶化者：60% 支持民主党，25% 支持共和党
五、民调背景
本次民调由 ABC 新闻、《华盛顿邮报》与益普索于2026 年 2 月 12–17 日通过概率抽样的益普索知识面板完成，覆盖2589 名美国成年人，整体抽样误差为 **±2 个百分点 **，各党派与群体子样本误差更大。
Over half of Americans say health care, a weeklong vacation and a new car are unaffordable: ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll
About two-thirds of Americans who don’t own their own home say they do not think they will be able to afford to buy a home in the foreseeable future,and nearly half of Americans say they have "a lot" or "some" debt, anABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos pollconductedusing Ipsos’ KnowledgePanelfinds.And more thanhalf of Americans say health care, taking a weeklong vacation or buying a new car is "unaffordable."
As previously reported, Americans arenegative onthe economy, even if feelings have tempered slightly. Nearly half say it has gotten worse sincePresident DonaldTrumptook office for his second term anda third say they are not as well off as they were in January 2025.A slim53%majoritysay they have "just enough to maintain" their standard of living. And that uncertaintyemergesin their general feelings about affordability and buying a home in the future.
Affordability is a key issue for Trump -- and one he is campaigning on heading into the high-stakes midterm elections. This poll was conducted before Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday night, where he touted a "roaring economy," despitelittle evidence suggesting such strength.
Non-homeownersunder 50 years old are more optimisticabout buying a home, with 35% saying they thinkthey’llbe able to buy a home in the future. Amongthose50 and older,26% say that they will be able to buy a homesomeday thatthey like.
Non-homeownerswith incomes of $100,000 or more are more optimistic about their chances of buying a home – 41% say they thinkthey’llbe able to– whilefewer than a third of those with incomes under that are optimistic. Majorities across income levels do not think they will be able to afford a home that they would want to live in.
Republicans are more optimistic than Democrats or independentson future homeownership; 41% of Republicans who are not homeowners say they will be able to buy a home in theforeseeable future, compared to 33% of independents and 27% of Democrats.
Andwhile74%of those who rentsay they would want to buy a home in the future, that'shigher than the65% of renterswho say theythink they will be able to buy a home, meaning there’s a gap betweenrenterswho want to buy a home and those who think they can.
Majorities of Americans say a new car (74%), a weeklong vacation (60%) and health care (56%) are “unaffordable” for their households. About half say that going out to dinner is unaffordable (49%) andnearly asmany say the same about groceries (45%) and home energy and utilities (45%).
On the other hand, majoritiessay thatgasoline (71%) andtheir rent or mortgage (60%)isaffordable.
Larger shares of Americans with lower incomes say every item asked aboutis unaffordable.
Women are more likely than men to say that a new car, a weeklong vacation, going out to dinner, groceries and rent or a mortgage is unaffordable. Americans under 50 are more likely than older Americans tosayevery item asked about is unaffordable.
Democratsand independentsare more likelythan Republicansto say every item measured is unaffordable. Republicans and Republican-leaning independents who say they are not MAGA supporters are more likely to say each item is unaffordable than Republicans who call themselves MAGA supporters.
Parents are more likelythan those whoaren’tparentsto saygroceries, utilities,rentor mortgage, going out to dinner, taking a weeklongvacationand buying a new car are unaffordable.
Moreover, 46% of Americansoverallsay they have at least somedebt, including credit card balances, auto loans, studentloansor medical debt. That includes 15% who say they have“a lot”of debt.
About half ofAmericans with household incomes under $100,000 say they have at least somedebt(51%), comparedwithfewer of those withincomes of $100,000 or more(41%).
Over half of Black (57%) and Hispanic (53%) Americans say they have at least somedebt, compared with fewer white (42%) and Asian (36%) Americans.
A slim majority of Americans,53%, say they have “just enough to maintain their standard of living,”almost identical to aWashington Post/Ipsos pollconducted last year.Another 28% say they are "getting ahead," up from 25% last year. And 17% say they are "falling behind financially," down from 20% last year.
Americans with higher household incomes are more likely to saythey’regetting ahead:4 in 10 of those with incomes of $100,000 or more saythey’regetting ahead compared withabout2 in 10 of those with incomes between $50,000 and $100,000 and 1 in 10 of those with incomes lower than that.
Moreover, men are more likely than women to saythey’regetting ahead, as are Americans 50 and older versus those under 50.
Looking at the midterm elections,voterswho saythey’regetting ahead are over twice as likely to say they would vote for the Republican candidate fortheHouse of Representatives, 67% to 29%.Voters whohave just enough tomaintaintheir standard of living prefer Democrats by a54% to 37% margin andvotersfalling behind financially support Democrats by an even wider60% to 25% margin.
Methodology– This ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll was conducted via the probability-based IpsosKnowledgePanel, Feb. 12-17, 2026, among 2,589 U.S. adults and has an overall margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. The error margins are larger among partisan subgroup samples and other subgroups.
