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U.S. confidence in public schools has sunk back to where it was pre-pandemic, but Democrats' confidence is up while Republicans' is down.

Americans continue to say the economy is the most important problem facing the nation, followed by jobs and dissatisfaction with the way Congress and the government work. Few mention guns or immigration.

Gallup's Economic Confidence Index is down slightly from July but in line with where it has been the rest of 2019.

Speaking about the ISIS threat recently, the White House made news when it said, "We have to address grievances terrorists exploit, including economic grievances." Basically, they identified the ISIS problem as a jobs problem.

U.S. gun ownership varies most strongly by gender -- 45% of men versus 15% of women personally own guns. Being married and from the South are also major predictors of gun ownership -- 64% of Southern married men own guns.

Whether reflecting the remnants of the pandemic or the difficulty of inflation, Americans remain sour about the state of the union.

Fifty-five percent of Americans now say they worry about healthcare a great deal, topping Gallup's list of potential worries for the fifth year in a row and for the 11th year since 2001.

Among 15 issues, Americans are most likely to say they worry a great deal about healthcare (55%) and least likely to say the same about unemployment (23%) and energy (25%).

A majority of Americans favor a number of different proposals to prevent school shootings, but less than half favor arming teachers.

American gun owners give personal safety/protection as the top reason they own a gun. Hunting is the next-highest response, while the Second Amendment and collecting guns as a hobby are lower on the list of reasons.