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Bush Job Approval at 37%

A new USA Today/Gallup poll finds President George W. Bush's job approval rating holding in the same range seen since mid-June. Out of five issues asked about in the poll, Bush is rated best for his handling of terrorism, with 47% of Americans ...

Personal Freedom Within the Islamic World

The vast majority of findings reported to date from the 2002 Gallup Poll of the Islamic World concern perceptions of the West, rather than of Islam. However, Gallup's survey also asked those within these predominantly Islamic societies how they ...

Global Migration Patterns and Job Creation

Gallup's World Poll, the first of its kind, reveals new findings on the "great global dream" and how it will affect the rise of the next economic empire. Jim Clifton, Gallup's chairman and CEO, offers an in-depth analysis of the study's ...

Education Levels: Nine Predominantly Islamic Countries

Levels of education vary substantially among the nine predominantly Islamic countries that Gallup surveyed in December and January. Among the countries included in Gallup's poll, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are the most highly educated. Women ...

Americans Have Relatively Positive Image of Jordan

King Abdullah II of Jordan, visiting with President George W. Bush today, heads a country that Americans evaluate somewhat more positively than other Arab and Islamic countries in the Middle East, including Iran, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia. ...

Does Western Contact Affect Islamic Opinions?

One unmistakable conclusion of Gallup's recent poll of nine predominantly Islamic countries is that residents of those countries have largely negative views of the Western world, and the United States in particular. One proposed strategy to ...

Islamic Views on Western Culture

Majorities of residents in all nine countries surveyed in Gallup's Poll of the Islamic World say Western nations do not care about poorer nations, nor are they willing to share their technological knowledge with them. Residents also think that ...

Would Public Back Military Action in "Trouble Spots"?

The U.S. government is monitoring potential threats posed by three countries in particular: Iran, Syria, and North Korea. A recent CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll shows most Americans say they would oppose U.S. military action against those countries. ...

Muslims and the West: A Culture War?

Globalization and an increasingly multicultural and multireligious West test the mettle of cherished democratic values. As the current cartoon controversy underscores, pluralism and tolerance today demand greater mutual understanding and respect ...

Americans Continue to Put Iraq at Top of Government's Agenda

By a wide margin, Americans continue to say the war in Iraq should be the top priority for the president and Congress right now, according to a recent Gallup Panel survey. The public also frequently mentions fuel and oil prices, the general ...