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Only 4% of Americans say that gun violence or gun issues constitute the most important problem facing the country today, based on our April 4-7 monthly update of the "most important problem" measure. This puts guns in the same 4% category as ...

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

In this week's podcast, Gallup Senior Editor Lydia Saad discusses the percentage of Americans who say they have experienced sexual harassment at work and the increase in how serious they feel the problem is.

As President Donald Trump prepares to deliver his 2020 State of the Union address, Gallup finds Republicans and Democrats holding differing views on national conditions.

Less than a year after the Newtown, Conn., school massacre, about half of Americans believe U.S. laws covering the sale of firearms should be strengthened, while a combined 50% say they should stay the same or be less strict.

Americans feel the government has too much power but appreciate services the government provides. The candidates have yet to address this paradox.

For the second consecutive year, displeasure with government edged out the economy as the biggest problem Americans see facing the U.S. The economy and unemployment remain in the top four, but get fewer mentions than in the past.

A record-high 56% of U.S. adults say there is more local crime than last year, while 78% -- tied for the highest since 1993 -- perceive more national crime.

Americans are now more likely to blame the mental health system (48%) than easy access to guns (40%) as factors for U.S. mass shootings, after these tied in 2011. Support for stricter gun laws has fallen from the post-Newtown high.

The tragic deaths of 20 children and 6 adults on Friday in Newtown, Conn., at the hands of a gun-wielding mass murderer raises again the issue of laws and policies concerning the sale and possession of guns.