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Despite rabid disagreements on many issues, the recent economic speeches by Trump and Clinton showed areas of agreement on economic policy, including several areas in which both candidates are in sync with American public opinion.

While 77% of Americans believe the government's major entitlement programs, including Social Security and Medicare, will create major economic problems for the U.S. in the next 25 years if no changes are made to them, Americans do not provide a ...

Nonretired Americans expect to retire at age 67, on average, up from an expected retirement age of 60 in the mid-1990s. A new low of 38% of nonretirees expect to have enough money to live comfortably in retirement.

More than one-quarter of American adults now report having government health insurance, marking a 13% increase from January 2008, a month after the recession officially began. At the same time, fewer Americans are covered through their employer, ...

Given that the Supreme Court will rule on healthcare legislation in the near term, the most recent Wells Fargo/Gallup Investor and Retirement Index poll sought to assess investors' views of the current state of U.S. healthcare. Overall, ...

The percentage of uninsured 18- to 25-year-old Americans has leveled off at the 24% range, after declining from about 28% after the healthcare law provision allowing adults up to age 26 to stay on a parent's plan took effect.

Sixty-six percent of Americans are worried they will not have enough money for retirement, more than are worried about seven other financial issues Gallup asked about. Fifty-eight percent of Americans, a new high, are worried about not being ...

Gallup's Financial Worry metric, which tracks the percentage of Americans who are worried about multiple money issues, is steady compared with 2014. This year's reading of 50% is down from the recession years, but not as low as before then.

Americans are more satisfied with the nation's military, security and economy than they were a year ago, but they are less satisfied with the environment, healthcare and the role of the U.S.

Americans' views about the Affordable Care Act are more positive now than they were last fall, although they are still more negative than positive. Half disapprove of the law, while 44% approve -- the narrowest gap since 2013.