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Update on Gallup's Lowest Presidential Job Approval Rating

Clinton Maintains Expanded Lead for Democratic Nomination

A new Gallup Poll finds Hillary Clinton's strengthened frontrunner status in the field for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination holding firm. This follows an early August survey in which she stretched her mid-July 12-point lead over ...

Optimism Fizzles on Stock Market Prospects

The outlook for equity markets remains uncertain, and results from the latest UBS/Gallup Index of Investor Optimism survey show that since the beginning of the year, investors have grown increasingly pessimistic about the prospects for stock ...

Investors See Most Potential in Pharmaceuticals, Defense

Investors expect the pharmaceutical, defense, technology, and biotech sectors to provide the most attractive investment opportunities in the next six months, according to the February UBS/Gallup Index of Investor Optimism survey.

Are Foreign Investments the Next Big Thing?

At a time when institutional and individual investors are often looking to emerging markets for higher returns and the declining dollar makes a compelling case for overseas investing, a new UBS/Gallup Index of Investor Optimism survey asked U.S. ...

Religion Most Important to Blacks, Women, and Older Americans

Religion is "very important" in the lives of 57% of Americans, a figure that has not changed significantly in recent years. Religion is more important to blacks, older Americans, women, and those with lower levels of education than to other ...

Bush Job Approval Steady at 34%

A new USA Today/Gallup poll finds little change in President George W. Bush's job approval rating, with 34% of Americans approving of his overall job performance. While quite low relative to other presidents' ratings, Bush's job approval has not ...

Religious Whites Still Tilt Toward GOP, Bush

The gap between religious white Americans and whites who are not religious in terms of GOP identification and Bush approval is just as large today as it was in 2004. Highly religious white Americans remain one of the strongest pockets of support ...

Are Investors in a Spending Mood?

The tepid holiday sales outlook is not good news for many retailers, particularly those serving lower- and middle-income consumers. But does the bad news also apply when it comes to higher-income consumers and the upscale retailers they shop? ...

What’s Putting the Hurt on the Investment Climate?

The U.S. economy is grappling with an oil shock, economists are fretting over a “runaway budget deficit,” and pundits remind Americans at every opportunity that the United States does not have a clear exit strategy for a struggle in Iraq that ...