Allison Lee Pillinger Choi, who worked at Goldman Sachs GS, +0.01% and the fitness company Equinox before becoming a full-time mom, says she took a while to “warm up” to now-president Donald Trump.

Because of her friends’ strong feelings about Trump, she still won’t reveal whether or not she voted for him. But Choi, who lives on New York City’s Upper West Side, identifies as a Republican (she is the author of a book, “Bleeding Heart Conservatives: Why It’s Good to Be Right”) and serves on the board of directors for New York-based Women’s National Republican Club, said when Trump was elected she began to feel “cautiously optimistic” about the new president because of his campaign promises about jobs.

“The media likes to talk about ‘women’s issues,’” Choi said. “I think jobs are also a women’s issue.”

Many of Choi’s fellow Republicans are also feeling bolstered by the fact that their candidate of choice, Donald Trump, has been elected, a recent survey showed.

Some 77% of Republicans feel that Americans’ personal finances will improve in the next four years, compared with 44% of Independents and 19% of Democrats. That’s according to the credit reporting firm Experian, which surveyed about 1,000 U.S. adults from Nov. 10 to Nov. 21, just after Republican Donald Trump was elected president. Those surveyed included about 28% who identify as Republicans, 32% Democrats and 37% Independents.

Republicans were also most likely to feel their personal financial status will improve in the next four years, with 70% saying it would. About 51% of Independents and 36% of Democrats said they thought their own personal finances would improve.

Sheila Duffy-Lehrman, the owner of advertising and marketing firm Tropic Survival, based in Miami, is another optimistic Republican; she voted for Trump and is now “absolutely bullish” in her thoughts on the economy.

One reason: As a result of the Affordable Care Act, (which was signed into law in 2010 and which Trump has vowed to repeal), health care costs for her 20 employees doubled, she says.

“As a business owner, I’m thrilled to have somebody who’s actually been in business and understands what entrepreneurship is and the importance of the free market,” she said.

In contrast with Republicans, 32% of Democrats feel their own personal finances will decline in the next four years, compared with 15% of Independents and 8% of Republicans. (Experian also included answers from those who said they believe their personal finances will stay the same; 32% of Democrats, 34% of Independents and 22% of Republicans responded that way.)

Allison Lee Pillinger Choi says she took a while to “warm up” to President Trump. Brian Dorsey Studios

When asked which factors were influencing their opinion on the country’s economic future going forward, 49% of those surveyed (across Democrats, Republicans and Independents) said the national unemployment rate, which is 4.7% according to the December jobs report, was a key factor in their assessment, followed by their cost of living (36%), inflation rates (29%) and their own financial statuses (24%).

Experts have said although it remains unclear exactly what moves Trump will make as president, it is likely that his election, combined with Republican control of the House and Senate, will mean a major tax cut as early as 2017 that will apply broadly to households of differing incomes. He has also said he may cap federal student loan payments at 12.5% of borrowers’ income for a maximum of 15 years, which some student loan experts have said is more generous than the current federal student loan repayment systems available.

However, other potential moves by Trump may impact some consumers negatively, including potentially leaving some without health insurance depending on whether he repeals the Affordable Care Act and what its replacement would be.

Trump’s skepticism about globalization and some trade deals, in favor of nationalistic policies, may also mean the price of some foreign goods could increase.

John Egan is a Democrat who lives in Austin, Texas, where he directs content strategy for an e-commerce company. He voted for Hillary Clinton and says that although before the election he felt “pretty good” about his finances, now “there’s a lot of uncertainty.”

John Egan said the election results have made him feel uncertain. Courtesy of Southern New Hampshire University, used with permission

“I keep looking at my retirement portfolio and thinking, ‘How is this new administration going to affect my investments? How will it affect my eventual retirement?’” he said, noting he is worried about the future of social security benefits under Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress.

“There are just a lot of questions I have, and they’re not easily answered at this point because we’re barely into the new administration.”

Many Americans could use a boost for their finances (although whether or not Trump’s administration can deliver it remains to be seen).

About half of U.S. adults could not cover an emergency expense of $400 without selling something or borrowing money, according to the Federal Reserve.

About 31% of non-retired adults have no retirement savings or pension at all. And the country collectively has about $1.4 trillion in student loan debt. (Members of the class of 2016 had $37,172 each on average.)

And Americans’ total debt has surpassed the amounts owed at the beginning of the Great Recession, mostly due to high mortgages and student and auto loans.

Although this election has been particularly polarizing, it’s common for Americans to be happier and more optimistic about topics such as their personal finances when their preferred candidate wins, despite the fact that many aspects of their financial standings (the decision to save instead of spend, for example) are out of a president’s control, said Aaron Weinschenk, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, who has studied American voters and their financial behaviors.

(Republicans reported feeling personally satisfied about their financial situations in greater numbers than Independents and Democrats every year from 1987 to 2003; that gap was especially wide during the early 2000’s, when Republican George W. Bush was president, according to Pew Research Center, a nonprofit think tank in Washington, D.C.)

Republicans and Democrats even changed their opinions on whether the economy was getting better or worse in just a matter of days, before and after the election, research firm Gallup found. Gallup polled about 2,500 adults.

Before Trump’s election, from Nov. 1 to Nov. 7, 16% of Republicans and 61% of Democrats said they believed the economy was getting better.

Just after, from Nov. 9 to Nov. 13, 49% of Republicans and 46% of Democrats said they believed that.

The U.S. consumer confidence index also hit 113.7 in December, its highest level since 2001.