Pre-election surveys show Afghans perceive widespread government corruption
November 10, 2009
With newly re-elected Afghan President Hamid Karzai promising to fight corruption in his country, Gallup surveys underscore the extent of the challenge he faces. Before the marred election season, 81% of Afghans said corruption was widespread and 69% said their government wasn’t doing enough to fight it.More ...
Attitudes linked to economic perceptions more than to corruption
July 10, 2009
A Gallup Poll finds 39% of Romanians in 2009 believe that they can get ahead through hard work, down sharply from the 71% who said so in 2005. These attitudes appear to be driven more by respondents’ perceptions of their economic futures than by their perceptions of corruption.More ...
Many respondents report trouble affording basic necessities
March 24, 2009
After 20 years with ARENA as the top political party, El Salvador looks to new leadership with FMLN. Gallup finds that El Salvador’s new president inherits a public highly dissatisfied with government efforts to deal with the poor and a nation where many are struggling to afford day-to-day necessities.More ...
After independence, Kosovans express more optimism toward overall life
March 17, 2009
Gallup Polls conducted in October 2008, just months after a newly independent Kosovo ratified its constitution, find respondents more positive about their own lives, their government, and their city and local economies than in January 2007.More ...
Although this perception has declined significantly since 2007
February 5, 2009
In 2008, nearly 7 in 10 Russians (69%) said their government was not doing enough to fight corruption and just over one-third (37%) said the level of corruption in their country is higher than it was five years ago.More ...
Most see improvement, but still perceive corruption to be widespread
January 29, 2009
Prior to the election of Bangladesh’s new government, Bangladeshis painted a mixed picture of corruption in their nation. While 73% perceive improvement over the past five years, 75% still perceived corruption to be widespread within the government.More ...
Fifty-two percent say hold a special election to fill Obama’s seat
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 a special election (52%) to fill the vacancy.More ...
Still, confidence in Obama near highest level since his election
December 15, 2008
About one out of four Americans (26%), including half of Republicans, believe that members of President-elect Barack Obama’s staff engaged in illegal activity relating to the charges that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich sought a profit in naming Obama’s replacement in the U.S. Senate.More ...
Even before his arrest, few Americans thought state governors had high ethics
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 officials were “crooked.”More ...
Data-driven insights into the proposed U.S. government bailout plan, the hotel bombing in Pakistan, main street’s reaction to the U.S. financial crisis, and the resignation of South Africa's president.
