March 30, 2009
American Catholics are no less likely than non-Catholics to find abortion and embryonic stem-cell research morally acceptable. While regular churchgoing Catholics are more conservative than other Catholics on these issues, they are no more ...
March 9, 2009
A majority of Americans likely support President Barack Obama’s executive order Monday allowing for more federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. Gallup recently found 38% in favor of fewer restrictions and another 14% in favor of no ...
January 21, 2009
More Americans say the prison at Guantanamo Bay military base in Cuba should not be closed (45%) than say it should (35%), but 20% have no opinion on the matter.
January 6, 2009
A Monday night poll found 51% of Americans saying the Senate should block Roland Burris -- embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s appointee -- from filling the state’s open U.S. Senate seat. Given a choice, Americans are most likely to prefer ...
Do you think couples that live together before marriage are more likely or less likely to get divorced than couples that do not live together before marriage?Do you think marriages between same-sex couples should or should not be recognized by ...
December 12, 2008
As the political world reels over corruption charges against the Illinois governor, Gallup finds that most recently, only 22% of Americans rate state governors highly on ethics, and that a majority already thought quite a few government ...
December 3, 2008
Only 31% of black Democrats say homosexual relations are morally acceptable, much more conservative than the position of Democrats in general, despite the fact that the vast majority of blacks identify themselves as Democrats or lean toward the ...
November 24, 2008
Nurses continue to be the most well-respected profession rated in Gallup’s annual Honesty and Ethics poll, with 84% of Americans rating them highly. Meanwhile, positive perceptions of bankers’ integrity have tumbled 12 points since last year, to ...
September 23, 2008
An early September Gallup Poll found Americans preferring a less active role for government to solve the country’s problems (53%) over a more active one (41%), consistent with prior years’ results. In a shift, the public is now evenly divided ...
August 11, 2008
Cohabitation is more common than marriage among 18- to 20-year-olds in the United States, but the two lifestyles are about even among 21- to 23-year-olds, and by age 24, marriage wins out. Americans have mixed views about the effects of living ...
