PRINCETON, NJ -- Just 16% of Americans rate current economic conditions as excellent or good, tying the 2008 low in Gallup Poll Daily tracking. More than twice as many, 43%, say conditions are poor. Only 9% of Americans say the economy is getting better, 1 percentage point off the 2008 low. The vast majority, 85%, believe the economy is getting worse -- Jeff Jones
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 1,502 interviews conducted April 10-12, 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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