Gallup shows Romney pulling ahead in swing states
Mitt Romney has opened up a slight lead on President Obama in the 12 most competitive states in the country, according to a new poll from USA Today and Gallup. The poll shows Romney at 51 percent among...
View ArticleMitt Romney leading President Obama by six in Gallup poll
Mitt Romney has taken a six-point lead over President Obama in the latest Gallup national tracking poll — his biggest lead to date and the first time he has led outside the margin of error. The latest...
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Why voter turnout in 2012 is likely to be down
With less than a week to go in the 2012 election, voters are less enthusiastic about casting ballots than they were in either of the last two presidential elections, according to a new Gallup poll. The...
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A gun ownership boom?
Even as Americans have become more and more opposed to new gun control measures in recent years, the actual number of households owning guns has declined. Until recently, that is. The following chart,...
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Hillary Clinton: The ‘Most Admired Woman’ in the world
Hillary Clinton is dealing with some significant health issues, but on the political side, she continues to ride high. A new Gallup poll again hands the secretary of state the title of the “most...
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Why things might not be as bad as they look for Republicans — in 3 charts
Republicans are having a tough time. Losing an election isn’t fun (especially when you thought you had a good chance) and the party now has to deal with some demographic challenges that could determine...
View ArticleGallup explains what went wrong in 2012
The Gallup Poll’s misfire in the 2012 election was caused by a variety of defects in the way the firm conducts surveys, according to the organization’s top pollster, who provided the most detailed...
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The story of the Obama presidency, as told in 510 Gallup headlines
We've noticed a recent surge in positivity toward President Obama in headlines on articles created by the polling firm Gallup. Which inspired us to see how effectively we could tell the story of...
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Watch America drift more and more to the right since 2008
The reddest states in America in 2014 were Utah and Wyoming, according to Gallup surveys. The most Democratic were Massachusetts and Maryland -- states that last November elected new, Republican...
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Obama is the most polarizing president on record, but it’s not entirely his...
"Each of Obama's six years in office rank among the 10 most polarized in the last 60 years," Gallup's Jeffrey Jones wrote on Friday, "with George W. Bush holding the other four spots." Welcome to the...
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Government is America’s No. 1 problem — in part because the economy isn’t
There is no problem more common in Americans' minds than their dissatisfaction with government, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday morning. But that's probably good news for folks on Capitol...
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The two proudest cities are in Iowa and S.C., because people love being...
The American metropolitan area with the most pride in itself, Gallup tells us, is the great city of Des Moines, Iowa -- a city that every four years hosts a grand cotillion of presidential contenders...
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Do GOP voters demand a more conservative nominee than usual? Not really.
Ted Cruz's recent ascension in the slowly thinning ranks of the Republican presidential field is largely attributable to his consolidating support from conservative voters (and the collapse of that...
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