PRINCETON, NJ -- Gallup Poll Daily tracking on consumer attitudes finds 43% of Americans rating economic conditions as poor, and 86% saying the economy is getting worse. These figures have been stable in the past week, and Americans' economic perceptions have been negative for most of 2008. -- 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 1,505 interviews conducted May 23-25, 2008. For results based on this sample, the maximum margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points.
Interviews are conducted with respondents on land-line telephones (for respondents with a land-line telephone) and cellular phones (for respondents who are cell-phone only).
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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