pocketbook

Polls asking voters about priorities use different methodologies, but they broadly agree on the dominance of pocketbook concerns.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

All of it, unfortunately, has been passed down to your pocketbook in one form or another.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

Officials said they would use this additional fiscal firepower on measures to raise the country’s standard of living, and help households deal with pocketbook strains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

“Broader electorates require democracy narratives grounded in pocketbook realities.”

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026

Her hands were open—in one there was the prize from the candy and in the other the pocketbook.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Metro just can’t open our pocketbooks and throw money at the agency,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

“With a resurgence in fuel prices and trade tensions, consumers anticipate greater pressures on their pocketbooks to come,” Joanne Hsu, surveys of consumers director said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

“With ⁠a resurgence in fuel prices and trade tensions, consumers anticipate greater pressures on their pocketbooks to come,” Joanne ⁠Hsu, the director of the Surveys of Consumers, said.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

When the price of diesel rises, it doesn’t show up immediately in consumers’ pocketbooks, Chowdhury said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Wouldn’t they care more for their pocketbooks than their principles?

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes