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Feb 11, 2000

More Than Six in Ten Americans Are Fans of Peanuts Comic Strip

Charles Schulz, creator of the comic stripPeanuts, officially announced his retirement, effective January 4 of this year. His last original daily strip has already appeared, and his final original Sunday strip appears in newspapers this Sunday, ...
Dec 7, 2004

Moral Values Important in the 2004 Exit Polls

The 2004 exit poll found "moral values" to be one of the most important "issues" in the election. The question that elicited these results came under severe criticism after the election, with one observer suggesting the flawed wording was ...
Sep 23, 2003

Sniping Pollsters in California

It has been 25 years since the Los Angeles Times Poll began operation, much to the consternation of the Field Poll -- which had for years been the dominant public policy poll in California, and had counted the Times as one of its subscribers. A ...
Aug 8, 2003

Dean Continues Slow but Steady Progress Among Democrats

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean now claims 15% of the vote from the nation's registered Democrats when they are asked to choose the person they would likely support for their party's presidential nomination. That ties Dean with Missouri ...
Sep 27, 2005

Trust in News Media Rebounds Somewhat This Year

Half of Americans say they trust the mass media to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly. Confidence in the media has increased significantly since last year, but the level of confidence remains slightly lower than what Gallup has found ...
Jun 29, 2005

Flash Poll: Instant Reaction to Bush's Iraq Speech

A CNN/USA Today/Gallup instant-reaction poll shows that President Bush apparently persuaded many viewers of his speech Tuesday night to be more optimistic about the war in Iraq. Compared with their responses before the speech, people who tuned ...
Apr 8, 2003

Three in Four Singaporeans Worried About SARS

Gallup interviewed Singaporeans last week to collect their thoughts and feelings about the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in their region.
Jun 1, 2004

Gallup Poll of Iraq: Should Clerics Govern?

Results from Gallup's recent nationwide poll of Iraq indicate a clear desire among Iraqis for a government directly accountable to popular will.
Jun 7, 2005

Bush Job Approval, Economy, Satisfaction, Confidence in Institutions, Religion and Life

Jan 7, 2003

The Gallup Brain: Gender Expectations, Part II

This article is the second in a two-part series that includes data dating back to the 1930s. Each question is gender-oriented -- pertaining only to boys or only to girls. Some of the questions are funny, some are quaint, but they all show how ...