Gallup Poll - Election News
November 10, 2008
Compared with Barack Obama supporters, John McCain supporters experienced an increase in negative emotions on Election Day versus a few days before the election. Further, McCain supporters reported a substantial drop in optimism about their future lives.
November 10, 2008
Monday’s White House meeting between President George W. Bush and President-elect Barack Obama presents a remarkable contrast between one of the least popular two-term presidents in modern times at the close of his administration, and one of the most popular candidates to win the presidency.
November 7, 2008
Over two-thirds of Americans say Barack Obama’s election is either the most important or one of the most important advances for blacks of the last 100 years, and more Americans than ever now say a solution to race relations between blacks and whites will eventually be worked out.
November 6, 2008
The final pre-election Gallup Poll Daily tracking survey shows that Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election with practically total support from black Americans, and heavy backing from those with postgraduate educations, young adults, and non-churchgoers.
November 5, 2008
Gallup Daily will track the new administration’s progress with new daily measures on the state of the nation, favorability of president-elect Obama, Americans’ optimism about the new administration, and job approval of the new president.
