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A majority of Americans in 1962 backed a U.S. woman's decision to have an abortion in Sweden after she took a drug known to cause birth defects.

Americans' view that local crime has gotten worse in the past year has jumped 13 percentage points to 51%, the highest in over a decade.

Seven in 10 Americans say there is more crime in the U.S. than a year ago, unchanged from 2015. Perceptions of local crime also held steady.

Nearly a quarter of Americans, 23% report having a household member victimized by cybercrime, the highest percentage of a list of nine types of criminal activity included in Gallup's annual crime survey.

Americans' reports of what they have read, seen or heard about Hillary Clinton over the past two months are dominated by references to emails, while recall about Donald Trump is more varied.

Americans' satisfaction with the way things are going in the U.S. is down from last month -- mostly because Republicans are less satisfied.

President Trump's job approval edged down to 37% -- the lowest weekly average of his administration, by one point -- during the week ending June 11.

Americans overwhelmingly favor new background check laws, but tend to doubt they will reduce mass shootings. Americans do not favor banning handguns, and a majority think that carrying concealed weapons could make the nation safer.

President-elect Donald Trump faces the challenges of figuring out the proper role of government, making government work more efficiently and dealing with the people's overwhelming disrespect for Congress and its members.

Gallup's Editor-in-Chief reports on eight things we learned from the American people during the presidential campaign of 2016.