Gallup Daily: Negative Read on the Economy Down Slightly
Based on polling conducted March 24-26, 2008
PRINCETON, NJ -- Eighty-two percent of Americans in the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking conducted March 24-26 say the U.S. economy is getting worse, the lowest reading on this negative number in two weeks; 39% rate the economy as "poor". -- Frank Newport
Survey Methods
Gallup is interviewing no fewer than 1,000 U.S. adults nationwide each day during 2008. The economic questions analyzed in this report are asked of a random half-sample of respondents. The results reported here are based on combined data from 1,526 interviews conducted March 24-26, 2008. For results based on this sample, the maximum margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points. In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.
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