Americas

Majority Now Cutting Back Elsewhere to Afford Gas

Appeal of fuel-efficient cars is surging among Americans

May 9, 2008
A full 60% of Americans now say they are cutting back significantly on their household spending to compensate for higher gas prices, much higher than the 38% who said this three years ago.More ...

Gallup Daily: No Letup in Negative Economic Attitudes

Based on polling conducted May 6-8, 2008

May 9, 2008
Gallup Poll Daily tracking finds 86% of Americans saying the economy is getting worse, continuing the long-running trend of highly negative economic attitudes. Additionally, 42% of Americans rate economic conditions as “poor.”More ...

Gallup Daily: Obama Not Yet Pulling Away

Democratic nomination preferences remain evenly divided

May 9, 2008
The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update on Democratic voters’ presidential nomination preferences finds Barack Obama (48%) and Hillary Clinton (46%) still closely matched after the Indiana and North Carolina primaries.More ...

Americans Convinced Rise in Gas Prices Is Permanent

Seven in 10 say gas prices causing financial hardship

May 9, 2008
Over three-quarters of Americans, 78%, are now convinced that the current rise in gas prices represents a permanent rather than a temporary change in prices, the highest such reading since Gallup began asking about gas prices using this question eight years ago.More ...

A Shift in How Americans Plan to Fund Their Retirement

Future retirees expect less from Social Security, more from 401(k)s, part-time work

May 8, 2008
While 56% of current retirees say Social Security is a major source of their retirement income, only 31% of future retirees expect that to be the case. In addition, 20% of future retirees expect part-time work to be a major income source, but only 3% of current retirees say it is a major source.More ...

Gallup Daily: 86% Say Economy Is Getting Worse

Based on polling conducted May 5-7, 2008

May 8, 2008
The percentage of Americans who say the economy is getting worse is back up to 86%, one percentage point below the 2008 high. Meanwhile, 42% rate current economic conditions as “poor,” 5 points below the year’s high.More ...

Gallup Daily: Clinton, Obama Remain Closely Matched

McCain Competitive with Democrats for general election

May 8, 2008
Gallup Poll Daily tracking’s latest three-day rolling average, which includes one night of interviewing following the Indiana and North Carolina primaries, continues to find Democratic voters nationwide evenly divided in their preference between Barack Obama (47%) and Hillary Clinton (46%).More ...

Bush Approval Rating Down to 60% Among Republicans

New low for his administration

May 8, 2008
At a time when George W. Bush’s job approval rating has fallen to 28%, just 6 in 10 Republicans approve of the job he is doing, the lowest of his administration. Jimmy Carter has the historical low presidential approval rating from his own party’s supporters, at 34%.More ...

Obama’s Support Similar to Kerry’s in 2004

Similar levels of support exist across white, black, blue-collar voters

May 7, 2008
Gallup Poll data suggest that Barack Obama, if he wins the Democratic nomination, will enter the general-election race in roughly the same position in which John Kerry ended his unsuccessful quest in 2004, especially among white and black voters, and voters with less than a college education.More ...

Gallup Daily: Obama and Clinton Both Tie McCain

Nomination preferences still split, Obama 47% to Clinton’s 46%

May 7, 2008
Gallup Poll Daily tracking from May 2-6, finds both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton going toe-to-toe with Republican John McCain in separate trial heats for the fall election.More ...
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