January 12, 2009
Gallup Poll Editor in Chief Frank Newport reviews five key public opinion points to take away from President George W. Bush's eight years in office.
December 10, 2008
A majority of Americans, 55%, name the “economy in general” as the nation’s top problem in December, as did 58% in November. More broadly, 77% of Americans think some aspect of the economy is what most ails the country.
December 1, 2008
Gallup insights into President-elect Barack Obama's national security team nominees and efforts they hope to pursue.
November 21, 2008
More than three in four Americans (77%) mention some aspect of the economy as the most important problem facing the country, one of the highest levels since Gallup first asked the question in 1939. Most Americans believe it will be two years or ...
October 8, 2008
Voters are most likely to cite Barack Obama’s economic plans and his opposition to the Iraq war as factors that make them more likely to vote for him. John McCain’s biggest plus is his support for the 2007 Iraq troop surge. Relatively few voters ...
September 12, 2008
An in-depth look at how Americans’ opinions on the war in Iraq have changed since the initial invasion in March 2003.
August 5, 2008
A review of recent polling about a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq shows that Americans’ views of this complex issue to a significant degree reflect the way in which the questions are worded.
July 31, 2008
Nearly half of Americans (48%) now say the surge of U.S. troops in Iraq is making the situation better, up from 22% when Gallup first asked the question in July 2007.
July 31, 2008
Forty-eight percent of Americans now say the U.S. troop surge in Iraq is making the situation there better, up from 40% in February. Despite this, Gallup finds little change in Americans’ mostly negative views about whether the Iraq war was a ...
July 30, 2008
Americans are more likely to say the war in Afghanistan is more important to the United States than the war in Iraq, and less than a third (28%) call the U.S. involvement in Afghanistan a mistake.
