PRINCETON, NJ -- According to the Gallup Poll Daily tracking, 43% of Americans rate economic conditions as "poor" and 86% believe the economy is "getting worse," very similar to what Gallup has found since the beginning of April. At least 4 in 10 Americans have rated current conditions as poor and 8 in 10 have said the economy is getting worse each day since March 30-April 1 polling. -- Jeff Jones
Survey Methods
For the Gallup Poll Daily tracking survey, 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 1,481 interviews conducted May 11-13, 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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