PRINCETON, NJ -- The percentage of Americans branding the U.S. economy "poor" is now 44% in Gallup Poll Daily tracking, matching the 2008 record last seen March 16-18. With 84% of the public perceiving that economic conditions are getting worse, Americans' overall pessimism surrounding the economy is approaching the year's worst levels, also from mid-March. -- Lydia Saad
Survey Methods
Gallup is interviewing no fewer than 1,000 U.S. adults nationwide each day during 2008. The economic questions analyzed in this report are asked of a random half-sample of respondents. The results reported here are based on combined data from 1,510 interviews conducted April 9-11, 2008. For results based on this sample, the maximum margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points. In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.
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