September 18, 2009
Six in 10 Americans believe Barack Obama is making a sincere effort to work with the Republicans in Congress. Meanwhile, fewer than 4 in 10 believe members of Congress are making a sincere effort to work with those on the other side of the ...
September 17, 2009
Out of a list of seven different issues, Americans are most likely to say they approve of the way Barack Obama is handling the situation in Iraq (56%) and least likely to say they approve of his handling of the federal budget deficit (38%).
September 15, 2009
Nearly 20 years after Yemen’s unification, Gallup finds distinct differences in attitudes along North-South lines. Yemenis in the South are less likely than those in the North to express faith in nearly every institution asked about and to be ...
September 10, 2009
More than three in four Americans (76%) say they have a great deal or fair amount of trust and confidence in the government’s judicial branch, compared with 61% who trust the executive branch and 45% who trust the legislative branch.
September 3, 2009
With Ivory Coast scheduled to hold a presidential election this year, a Gallup Poll finds Ivoirians slightly more likely to disapprove (52%) than approve (47%) of the country’s current President Laurent Gbagbo.
August 25, 2009
Despite Georgia’s recent withdrawal from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), two-thirds of Georgians interviewed in May expressed the need for cooperation among some or all CIS member countries. However, few Georgians favored ...
August 17, 2009
As Afghans head to the polls Thursday to vote in the second presidential election in the young democracy’s history, a Gallup Poll shows 50% of voting-age Afghans believe in elections, but fewer than one in four (24%) are confident that this one ...
August 12, 2009
Gallup Polls suggest that the war last year in South Ossetia may have been a tipping point in recent Georgian-Russian relations. Less than half of Georgians (47%) now say that their country has to have good relations with Russia by all means -- ...
July 31, 2009
Marking a worldwide low, 4% of Ukrainians approve of their country’s leadership, and the leadership of the country’s president and prime minister do not fare well separately. In contrast, 56% of Russians approve of their country’s leadership and ...
July 29, 2009
Despite a landslide victory by the secular Awami League in the December 2008 election, Bangladeshis remain strongly religious in their personal lives, showing a movement toward separation of religion and politics.
