Search Results

Residents of Hawaii, Utah, and South Dakota were the most likely to be "thriving" in the first half of 2012, while residents of West Virginia and Maine were the least likely.

Married registered voters favor Republican Mitt Romney over Democrat Barack Obama, 54% to 39%. A Gallup analysis finds that marital status remains a strong predictor of ballot preference even after controlling for a number of variables.

Americans' reactions to the Democratic Convention were slightly more positive than they were to the Republican Convention. Bill Clinton's keynote address received much higher marks than Barack Obama's nomination acceptance speech.

Half of all women in the U.S., 51%, say that if free to do either, they would rather have a job outside the home than "stay at home and take care of the house and family," similar to the rate seen since 2007. This contrasts with 76% of men.

London residents are less likely to exercise frequently than are other Britons as well as residents of Berlin and Germany in general. Women and young and middle-aged London residents lag the most in frequent exercise.

Nearly half of U.S. adults, 48%, report drinking at least one glass of soda per day, with soda drinkers averaging 2.6 glasses daily. Two in three Americans tell Gallup they drink at least one cup of coffee a day, largely unchanged from 1999.

Barack Obama averaged 46.8% job approval during his 14th quarter in office, a slight improvement from 45.9% in quarter 13. Compared with recently elected presidents, his 14th quarter average is most similar George W. Bush's in 2004.

Americans' satisfaction with the direction of the country rose to 28% in July, up from 20% in June, roughly matching the highest levels of satisfaction seen in each of the prior two years. Democrats' and independents' satisfaction is up, but ...

Fewer than two in five residents in Latin America and the Caribbean report having an account at a formal financial institution. Roughly one in 10 report having saved or taken a loan from a formal financial institution in the past year.

Americans now see obesity as a more serious problem than smoking and many -- Democrats in particular -- want government action. More than eight in 10 Americans say obesity is an extremely or very serious problem to society, up from 69% in 2005.