Women Who Are Politically Independent: Up for Grabs?

Independent women who are Catholic, middle aged, middle-income split in their votes

October 3, 2008

Independent 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 ...

Did Palin Help McCain Among White Women?

Obama’s problem with white men much bigger than that among white women

September 24, 2008

Gallup 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 ...

McCain Still Dominant Among the Highly Religious

Key question is strength of McCain’s support, turnout

August 20, 2008

John McCain continues to dominate Barack Obama among religious Americans, winning among those who attend worship services weekly by a 53% to 37% margin, and losing to Obama among those who seldom or never attend church by 54% to 34%.More ...

‘Satisfaction Gap’ Divides Israelis, Palestinians

Reducing quality of life differences may be one key to curbing extremism

January 11, 2008

Recent life satisfaction results from the Middle East clearly reflect sharp quality of life differences between Israelis and Palestinians. Improving Palestinians’ perceptions of efforts to reduce those gaps -- particularly by creating new jobs -- may be one way to limit the appeal of extremism in the region.More ...

Pakistani Perspectives on Sacrificing One’s Life

Two-thirds in NWFP feel it is completely justifiable to sacrifice one’s life

January 4, 2008

A suicide attack in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, leaves opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and other civilians dead. A 2007 Gallup World Poll finds residents of the North West Frontier Province to hold distinct views on sacrificing one’s life for beliefs relative to the majority of other Pakistanis.More ...

Highly Religious Israelis Least Supportive of Peace

Land-for-peace compromise likely to meet with disapproval from Orthodox Jews

December 21, 2007

Gallup Polls in Israel suggest Israelis’ zeal for peace with the Palestinians decreased somewhat between early 2006 and summer 2007. Though most Israelis still say they support the peace process, those who are more overtly religious are least likely to do so.More ...

Palestinians Broadly Support the Peace Process

Only Hamas supporters reject it in large numbers