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U.S. consumers predict their total 2012 Christmas spending to be $770, roughly matching the $764 they estimated in 2011. Gallup modeling suggests this estimate points to a good, though not great, season for retailers.

Americans who feel safe in or satisfied with their communities are in better physical health. They are less likely to experience physical pain, to be obese, and to report having ever been diagnosed with high blood pressure or diabetes.

The majority of Americans say Barack Obama (57%) will do a better job than Mitt Romney (33%) in the upcoming presidential debates. Most say their pick for president is set, but 15% say the debates could change their mind.

Twenty-eight percent of U.S. smokers say secondhand smoke is very harmful to adults, compared with 63% of nonsmokers. Sixty percent of smokers say that smoking is very harmful to adults who smoke, compared with 86% of nonsmokers.

In the U.S., those in poverty struggle more than other Americans with a wide array of chronic illnesses, with depression disproportionately affecting those in poverty the most. But many of those in poverty lack the basics needed to treat or ...

The more hours per day Americans use their strengths to do what they do best, the less stress, worry, anger, and physical pain they report. Using strengths frequently during the day also gives adults a boost in positivity and energy.

More Americans report exercising frequently in almost every month of 2012 compared with the same months in past years. Frequent exercise is up in every region of the country, as the U.S. experiences a record-warm year.

Mitt Romney receives the vote support of about a third of those whose household incomes are less than $24,000 a year and of more than four in 10 seniors with low incomes -- all groups who are among the least likely to pay income taxes.

U.S. unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, is 7.9% in mid-September, down 0.2 percentage points from August, a new low. Gallup's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is unchanged at 8.1% in mid-September.

Gallup's landmark study of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans finds that 44% identify as Democratic, 43% as independent, and 13% as Republican. Conservative LGBT Americans share similar traits with conservatives overall.