Gallup Daily http://www.gallup.com/ http://backend.userland.com/rss Gallup WebTeam Barack Obama has reopened a significant lead over Hillary Clinton among national Democrats and now leads by a 51% to 42% margin, according to Gallup Poll Daily tracking from May 14-16. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107326/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Opens-51-42-Lead.aspx Sat, 17 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT The percentage of Americans who say the U.S. economy is getting better remains very low, at 10%, while only 17% are willing to rate the economy as "excellent" or "good." http://www.gallup.com/poll/107386/Gallup-Daily-Only-10-Say-US-Economy-Getting-Better.aspx Sat, 17 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT The percentage of Americans rating economic conditions as "poor" is now 41%, while 84% perceive economic conditions are getting worse. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107320/Gallup-Daily-Poor-Economy-Rating-Holding-41.aspx Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT After leading Hillary Clinton for three days by a statistically significant six percentage point margin, Barack Obama now only has a 4-point advantage in national Democratic preferences, 48% to 44%. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107323/Gallup-Daily-Obamas-Edge-Narrows-48-44.aspx Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT For the third straight day, Barack Obama leads Hillary Clinton by six percentage points, 50% to 44%, in the nomination preferences of national Democratic voters. There is no evidence Clinton picked up any national momentum from her big win in West Virginia on Tuesday. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107296/Gallup-Daily-Obama-50-Clinton-44.aspx Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT The percentage of Americans perceiving that economic conditions are worsening has dipped to 83% from the recent high of 88%. Also, 19% of Americans now say the economy is in excellent or good shape, slightly more than has been the case in nearly a month. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107299/Gallup-Daily-Economic-Ratings-Remain-Negative.aspx Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT According to the Gallup Poll Daily tracking, 43% of Americans rate economic conditions as "poor" and 86% believe the economy is "getting worse," very similar to what Gallup has found since the beginning of April. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107281/Gallup-Daily-86-Say-Economy-Getting-Worse.aspx Wed, 14 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Barack Obama maintains his 6 percentage point lead over Hillary Clinton, 50% to 44%, in Democratic nomination preferences. The general election matchups have tightened somewhat, as both Democratic candidates' advantages over John McCain now fall within the margin of error. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107278/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Maintains-6Point-Lead-Over-Clinton.aspx Wed, 14 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Barack Obama continues to hold a statistically significant lead over Hillary Clinton in national Democratic voters' nomination preferences, 50% to 44%. Obama and Clinton both edge out John McCain in general election trial heats, by 3 and 5 percentage points, respectively. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107248/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Maintains-Democratic-Lead-50-44.aspx Tue, 13 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Just 15% of Americans describe current economic conditions as "excellent" or "good," matching the low for the year. Additionally, 87% of Americans say economic conditions are getting worse. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107251/Gallup-Daily-Only-15-Say-Economy-Excellent-Good.aspx Tue, 13 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT For the first time in nearly three weeks, Barack Obama leads Hillary Clinton in national Democratic preferences by a statistically significant margin, 50% to 43%. Both Democrats are now beating John McCain by their widest margins to date. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107218/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Pulls-Ahead-Clinton-50-43.aspx Mon, 12 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT In the worst reading so far this year by one point, 88% of Americans now say the U.S. economy is getting worse in the Gallup Poll Daily tracking. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107224/Gallup-Daily-Percent-Getting-Worse-Reaches-New-High.aspx Mon, 12 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT The Gallup Poll Daily tracking update on consumer confidence finds 87% of Americans saying the economy is getting worse, matching the 2008 high. Also, 43% of Americans rate current economic conditions as "poor," with only 16% describing them as "excellent" or "good." http://www.gallup.com/poll/107164/Gallup-Daily-Negative-Economy-Views-Hold-Steady.aspx Sun, 11 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Barack Obama remains in a slightly advantageous position in national Democratic voters' nomination preferences, with 49% supporting him and 45% Hillary Clinton. Both Democrats fare similarly against John McCain in general election trial heats. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107158/Gallup-Daily-Obama-49-Clinton-45.aspx Sun, 11 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Duplicating the highest reading on this negative measure so far this year in Gallup Poll Daily tracking, 87% of Americans now say that the U.S. economy is getting worse. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107161/Gallup-Daily-87-Say-US-Economy-Getting-Worse.aspx Sat, 10 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Gallup Poll Daily tracking for May 7-9 shows that Barack Obama has slightly widened the gap over Hillary Clinton to a 49% to 44% margin. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107155/Gallup-Daily-Obama-49-Clinton-44.aspx Sat, 10 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT 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." http://www.gallup.com/poll/107173/Gallup-Daily-Letup-Negative-Economic-Attitudes.aspx Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107176/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Yet-Pulling-Away.aspx Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107152/Gallup-Daily-86-Say-Economy-Getting-Worse.aspx Thu, 08 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT 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%). http://www.gallup.com/poll/107149/Gallup-Daily-Clinton-Obama-Remain-Closely-Matched.aspx Thu, 08 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107089/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Clinton-Both-Tie-McCain.aspx Wed, 07 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Negative consumer perceptions remain slightly below their worst 2008 levels, with 41% of Americans now saying U.S. economic conditions are "poor" and 85% perceiving conditions as getting worse. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107092/Gallup-Daily-Economy-Ratings-Just-Shy-Worst-08.aspx Wed, 07 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT With voters in North Carolina and Indiana set to cast their ballots for the Democratic presidential nomination today, Barack Obama (48%) and Hillary Clinton (46%) remain closely matched nationwide. Both candidates are also statistically tied with John McCain in the general election. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107038/Gallup-Daily-Obama-48-Clinton-46-Democratic-Nomination.aspx Tue, 06 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Americans' ratings of current economic conditions remain highly negative, but have shown modest improvement in recent days as the percentage describing the economy as "poor" has declined from 46% to 40%. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107041/Gallup-Daily-Slight-Drop-Percentage-Calling-Economy-Poor.aspx Tue, 06 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Barack Obama has a 5 percentage point edge over Hillary Clinton for the nomination among national Democrats, 50% to 45%, which is within the poll's margin of error. Thus, for the 12th straight day -- the longest stretch since January -- the race is statistically tied. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107014/Gallup-Daily-Democrats-Tied-Record-12th-Day.aspx Mon, 05 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT