Americas
Americans Hold Firm to Support for Death Penalty
Only 21% say it is applied too often
November 20, 2008While the state of Maryland is embroiled in a debate over repealing its death penalty statute, Americans as a whole support the death penalty for someone convicted of murder, at the rate of 64%. Only 30% oppose it, and even fewer -- 21% -- say it’s imposed “too often.”More ...
Most Expect Obama to Make Effort With Republicans
November 14, 2008Most Americans (80%) think that Barack Obama will make a sincere effort to work with the Republicans in Congress to find bipartisan solutions to the problems facing the country.
Economic Crisis Affecting Mood as Well as Wallets
Bad economic news triggered new lows in Americans’ overall happiness
November 13, 2008Although Americans continue to be emotionally affected by the nation’s economic crisis, they seem to be slightly less affected than they were during the initial shockwaves in mid-September, when happiness and enjoyment without a lot of stress and worry consistently hit record lows for the year.More ...
Obama Winning Over the Jewish Vote
Three-quarters of U.S. Jewish voters now plan to back Obama for president
October 23, 2008Jewish voters nationwide have grown increasingly comfortable with voting for Barack Obama for president since the Illinois senator secured the Democratic nomination in June. They now favor Obama over John McCain by more than 3 to 1, 74% to 22%.More ...
Women Who Are Politically Independent: Up for Grabs?
Independent women who are Catholic, middle aged, middle-income split in their votes
October 3, 2008Independent women who are Catholic, middle aged, not college graduates, of average religiosity, and of mid-range incomes are most evenly split in their presidential candidate choices, and thus may be most “up for grabs” in the remaining weeks of the campaign.More ...
Americans Favor Congressional Action on Crisis
Four out of 10 say this is biggest financial crisis of their lifetimes
September 26, 2008Most Americans (78%) favor congressional action to help fix the current Wall Street economic crisis, but only about one in five think that should entail passing a plan similar to what the Bush administration has proposed.More ...
Did Palin Help McCain Among White Women?
Obama’s problem with white men much bigger than that among white women
September 24, 2008Gallup Poll Daily tracking samples do not support the hypothesis that John McCain has made significant gains among white women since he selected Sarah Palin as his running mate. Instead, Gallup finds changes in white women’s preferences to be little different from preferences among all voters.More ...
Religion Remains Major Dividing Factor Among White Voters
Patterns are similar to 2004
September 5, 2008John McCain’s lead over Barack Obama among highly religious white voters, currently 65% to 26%, has been quite stable all summer and has not yet changed with the selection of Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate.More ...
Obama Gains Overall, McCain Among GOP Women
McCain manages to increase support among women of his own party
September 3, 2008Barack Obama has gained significant support among white men since the Democratic Convention, but his support level among white women has remained the same. The reason: Republican white women have slightly increased their support for McCain, offsetting Obama’s gains among independent and Democratic women.More ...
Can Sarah Palin Appeal to White, Female Independents?
Biggest gender gap is among those who are white and independent
August 29, 2008If John McCain’s pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate was intended to sway female voters this fall, it appears the most vulnerable group could be white, independent women, who currently are split almost equally between the two presidential candidates.More ...
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