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About one in six Republicans (16%) approve of the job Congress is doing, down from 28% in July and 50% in February.

Key implications of Thursday's Supreme Court healthcare ruling from a public opinion perspective.

Senior citizens oppose healthcare legislation by 42% to 32%, making them the least supportive of all age groups. Middle-aged Americans are more evenly divided, while younger Americans tend to support it -- though many do not have an opinion. ...

Since President Joe Biden took office, Americans' satisfaction with specific aspects of the country has mostly stalled or diminished, falling most on the nation's military strength, immigration, gun policy and energy policy.

Just over seven in 10 Americans, 71%, believe doctors should be "allowed by law to end the patient's life by some painless means if the patient and his or her family request it."

As U.S. satisfaction with democracy has declined to a near-record low, Gallup and Kettering commit to understanding and ultimately reversing this trend.

One in five U.S. adults say they approve of Congress, unchanged from June. Republicans and Democrats express low levels of approval, but Republicans are more positive.

The percentage of uninsured U.S. adults dipped to 12.9% in the fourth quarter of 2014, from 13.4% in the third quarter. The uninsured rate is down 4.2 percentage points since the Affordable Care Act went into effect in January 2014.

Twenty-three percent of Americans feel the Affordable Care Act has hurt them or their families -- the highest figure Gallup has recorded for the question. Meanwhile, 10% say it has helped them, and 63% say it has had no effect.

The percentage of 18- to 25-year-old Americans who are uninsured continues to trend down, with 23% reporting they lack coverage so far in the second quarter of 2012. Fewer adults overall report having employer-based health insurance.