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GOP Takes Another Image Hit Post-Election

Republicans favor tacking right; independents offer mixed guidance

November 20, 2008
Only 34% of Americans view the Republican Party favorably after the Nov. 4 elections, down from 40% in mid-October. At the same time, favorability toward the Democratic Party has remained steady above 50%. Rank-and-file Republicans want their party to become more conservative going forward.More ...

Most Americans Back Idea of Clinton as Secretary of State

Nearly 8 in 10 Democrats favor the possibility

November 19, 2008
A majority of Americans, 57%, are in favor of Barack Obama appointing Hillary Clinton as the secretary of state in his administration.More ...

Hiring Measure Projects Higher Jobless Claims

Weekly results have high probability of projecting unemployment claims

November 19, 2008
Employee perceptions of the job market suggest odds are better than 7 in 10 that new unemployment claims continued to surge last week, surpassing the 25-year high of 516,000 reported by the Labor Department a week ago.More ...

Christmas Spending Projection Drops to New Low

Projected shopping at department stores takes biggest hit

November 19, 2008
Americans’ projected average Christmas spending this year, $616, is the lowest in Gallup’s 10-year history of tracking this question in its current format, and provides further evidence of the heavy toll the current economic turmoil is taking on America’s retailers.More ...

Most Americans Closely Watching Obama’s Transition

Though not as many as followed the presidential election

November 18, 2008
Most Americans (83%) are closely tuned in to news about Barack Obama’s presidential transition. However, fewer (48%) are following the transition “very closely” than say they followed the election as intensely (68%).More ...

Americans Divided on Aid to Big Three Automakers

Slim majority would favor aid if one or more U.S. auto companies were certain to fail

November 18, 2008
A new Gallup Poll finds 47% of Americans in favor of and 49% opposed to the federal government's giving “major financial assistance to the Big Three U.S. automotive companies.” A slight majority (56%) would favor assistance if one or more of the “Big Three” were certain to fail without it.More ...

U.S. Workers Continue to See a Deteriorating Job Market

Hiring picture looking grimmer over last several months

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 hiring, and 43% say the hiring situation at their company has not changed.More ...

Congress Returns to Mostly Disapproving Constituency

Only 19% approve, slightly higher than all-time low of 14%

November 17, 2008
As the 110th Congress returns for its final lame-duck session Monday, new Gallup polling shows that only 19% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, while about three-quarters disapprove. Democrats are only slightly more positive about Congress’ performance than are Republicans.More ...

Majority of Americans Cutting Back on Spending

Including nearly two-thirds of families with children

November 17, 2008
More than half of Americans (55%) are cutting back on household spending as a result of recent problems in the stock markets and the economy, with 30- to 49-year-olds and families with children feeling the pinch most strongly.More ...

Americans Hold Firm to Support for Death Penalty

Only 21% say it is applied too often

November 17, 2008
While the state of Maryland is embroiled in a debate over repealing its death penalty statute, Americans as a whole support the death penalty for someone convicted of murder, at the rate of 64%. Only 30% oppose it, and even fewer -- 21% -- say it’s imposed “too often.”More ...
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