USA USA http://www.gallup.com/ http://backend.userland.com/rss Gallup WebTeam Public Gives Congress No Clear Guidance on ACA Reform Americans are most likely to prefer keeping the Affordable Care Act in place but making significant changes to it (44%) rather than keeping it as is (23%) or repealing and replacing it (30%). http://www.gallup.com/poll/213890/public-gives-congress-no-clear-guidance-aca-reform.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://www.gallup.com/poll/213890/public-gives-congress-no-clear-guidance-aca-reform.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 11 Jul 2017 18:29:00 GMT Confidence in Police Back at Historical Average Confidence in the police, which edged downward in 2014 and 2015 amid national protests over police shootings of unarmed blacks, has rebounded to its historical average. http://www.gallup.com/poll/213869/confidence-police-back-historical-average.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://www.gallup.com/poll/213869/confidence-police-back-historical-average.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 10 Jul 2017 21:15:00 GMT U.S. Divorce Rate Dips, but Moral Acceptability Hits New High Although the U.S. divorce rate is falling, more Americans (73%) find divorce "morally acceptable" than before. http://www.gallup.com/poll/213677/divorce-rate-dips-moral-acceptability-hits-new-high.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://www.gallup.com/poll/213677/divorce-rate-dips-moral-acceptability-hits-new-high.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 07 Jul 2017 21:00:00 GMT Americans Focused on Health Law Process as Much as Outcomes Americans may be as focused at this point on how their elected representatives are going about the process of passing a new health law as they are on the legislation itself. http://www.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/213662/americans-focused-health-law-process-outcomes.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://www.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/213662/americans-focused-health-law-process-outcomes.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 06 Jul 2017 19:15:00 GMT Gallup Vault: Reagan's Controversial Trip to Germany Ronald Reagan's 1985 visit to a German WWII military cemetery sparked a political firestorm in the U.S. http://www.gallup.com/vault/213656/gallup-vault-reagan-controversial-trip-germany.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://www.gallup.com/vault/213656/gallup-vault-reagan-controversial-trip-germany.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 06 Jul 2017 18:00:00 GMT Americans' Confidence in Economy Remains at Low for the Year Americans' confidence in the economy remained at a 2017 low in June, with Gallup's U.S. Economic Confidence Index averaging +3 for the second straight month. http://www.gallup.com/poll/213614/americans-confidence-economy-remains-low-year.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://www.gallup.com/poll/213614/americans-confidence-economy-remains-low-year.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 05 Jul 2017 18:15:00 GMT U.S. Job Creation Index Near Record High in June Gallup's U.S. Job Creation Index was +36 for June, just shy of the record-high +37 recorded in May. The South leads the U.S. in job creation, while the East continues to be last. http://www.gallup.com/poll/213515/job-creation-index-near-record-high-june.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://www.gallup.com/poll/213515/job-creation-index-near-record-high-june.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 05 Jul 2017 12:30:00 GMT U.S. Consumer Spending Near Nine-Year High in June, at $103 Americans' daily self-reports of spending averaged $103 in June, similar to their $104 average in May. This is the highest level of spending for the month since June 2008, when spending averaged $104. http://www.gallup.com/poll/213599/consumer-spending-near-nine-year-high-june-103.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://www.gallup.com/poll/213599/consumer-spending-near-nine-year-high-june-103.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 03 Jul 2017 12:30:00 GMT Gallup Vault: Men Cleared for Topless Swimming in 1939 One of Gallup's earliest polls, from 1939, addressed the evolving cultural norms around men and women revealing their skin in summer clothing. http://www.gallup.com/vault/213596/gallup-vault-men-cleared-topless-swimming-1939.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://www.gallup.com/vault/213596/gallup-vault-men-cleared-topless-swimming-1939.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 30 Jun 2017 18:00:00 GMT Taxes May Be Certain, but Tax Reform Is Not While skeptics have a point in doubting tax reform can happen this year, the president, and now Paul Ryan, insist it will. Public support for middle-class tax relief, particularly from the GOP rank and file, works in reform's favor. http://www.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/213239/taxes-may-certain-tax-reform-not.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://www.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/213239/taxes-may-certain-tax-reform-not.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:15:00 GMT