Gallup Daily tracks Americans' views on politics, the economy, well-being, and health, based on 1,000 or more interviews conducted every single night, posting new numbers each day at 1 p.m.ET at the top of Gallup.com.
January 15, 2009
Gallup's chief scientist behind the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index reviews the most telling findings from the first year of data collection. In doing so, he explains the positive drivers of well-being, the negative role of the economic ...
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 ...
December 11, 2008
Chief Economist Dennis Jacobe explains how Gallup was able to accurately project the larger-than-expected surge in new unemployment claims the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday.
Gallup's consumer spending measure tracks the average dollar amount Americans report spending or charging on a daily basis, not counting the purchase of a home, motor vehicle, or normal household bills. Respondents are asked to reflect on the ...
December 2, 2008
Sixty-nine percent of Americans favor Barack Obama’s choice of Hillary Clinton for secretary of state and 80% approve of his decision to keep Robert Gates on as secretary of defense. More generally, 78% approve of the way Obama is handling his ...
November 25, 2008
The well-being of Americans has taken a big hit in early November, with the percentage of people who are “struggling” averaging 60% for two consecutive weeks.
On Nov. 5 Gallup began tracking daily the percentage of Americans who are confident or not confident in Barack Obama's ability to be a good president.
November 17, 2008
American workers continue to report a deteriorating job situation at the companies where they work, with Gallup’s hiring measure for Nov. 14-16 showing that 26% of employees say their company is letting people go, 26% say that their company is ...
November 13, 2008
Although Americans continue to be emotionally affected by the nation’s economic crisis, they seem to be slightly less affected than they were during the initial shockwaves in mid-September, when happiness and enjoyment without a lot of ...
