Back to Reader Web Poll Results Index Reader Web Poll Results Join our newsletter to be notified when the newest Web Poll and Web Poll Results are available. QUESTION: How are you holding up financially through the COVID-19 crisis? Here’s how GON Readers responded… • 73% Thankfully, there has been NO CHANGE to my financial status • 14% I'm making LESS money now • 6% Other • 3% I'm making MORE money now • 3% I'm making NO money now. I had to file for unemployment • 1% I am in financial ruin over this. No idea how I'll get back on my feet Other GON Reader Comments: • I'm retired. By staying in, I'm spending a lot less money on food by eating at home more and eating out less; saving money on gas by not going out so much and also not tempted to shop; I'm not a spendthrift anymore. All together, I'm better off financially due to COVID. • No money coming in. I’m okay for now • Luckily,I still have a job. • Stock market losses! • Thankfully there has been NO change to my immediate financial status, but my retirement accounts have taken a hit. We'll have to watch carefully over the next several years to determine if we have to cut back for long term stability. • Losing a lot of money in the stock market. Otherwise, everything else is the same. • I’m spending less, because I have nowhere to go. • I am an essential state employee, so my hours and pay have not changed. However, I work in the Department of Corrections and will not receive any extra pay unless we have a confirmed case in our institution. I certainly don't wish that, but it would be nice to be recognized by the state legislature as an essential employee. • Losing on investments, but otherwise OK. More worried about friends who may lose their businesses. • My investments took a deep nose dive, but I feel they will eventually come back…with patience. • Not only am I making less money now, but my investments are tanking. I'm losing money faster than I ever made it. Back to Reader Web Poll Results Index