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As Egyptians prepare to return to the polls June 16 to elect their president, Gallup data show that rural voters are highly engaged in the political process.

Adults in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Tunisia prefer their governments cut subsidies for fuel and tobacco instead of food, if the need arises. If fuel subsidy reform occurred, they want the savings to go to the poor and social services.

Egyptians are as likely to favor economic aid from Arab governments (68%) as they are to oppose aid from the U.S. (71%). Half favor aid from international institutions.

While most Egyptians (79%) supported protests to overthrow former President Hosni Mubarak, a noticeably smaller majority (56%) support calls to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad in Syria and nearly half (46%) of Egyptians oppose NATO's ...

A majority of Egyptians express opposition to U.S. aid money entering Egypt for various purposes. Attitudes on aid from international organizations and other Arab governments also soured in 2012.

As Egyptians vote on a new constitution, Gallup data collected just before President Mohamed Morsi was deposed highlight the factors that contributed to Egyptians' disillusionment with his presidency.

In the lead up to President Mohamed Morsi's ouster, "suffering" in Egypt rose to 34%. In addition, a record 80% of Egyptians saw their economy as getting worse.

Gallup's global Economic Confidence Index stood at +11 in 2013, essentially unchanged from 2012. However, the flat global figure masks dramatic declines in the Middle East and North Africa region, where the index dropped to -33.

Just 1% of Russians approved of U.S. leadership in 2015, the lowest rating in the world and also the lowest that Gallup has measured in the past decade. But most of the world does not have as strong distaste for U.S. leadership.

One year after deposing their first democratically elected president, Egyptians are more positive about their lives, their economy, and their government.