Americans’ ratings of the job being done by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are down significantly from last year, from 60% saying it is doing an “excellent” or “good” job to 50%. None of the other eight government agencies measured in both years showed a decline. CONT. Jeffrey M. […] Read more »
Nonwhites Less Likely to Feel Police Protect and Serve Them
As a grand jury decides whether to indict a white police officer for shooting an unarmed black teen in Ferguson, Missouri, Americans’ confidence in their local police to protect them from violent crime continues to differ by race, as it has since Gallup started measuring it. White Americans (60%) surveyed […] Read more »
About One in Four U.S. Households Victimized by Crime
Twenty-six percent of Americans say they or another member of their household were the victim of some type of property or physical crime in the last 12 months, ranging from theft to sexual assault, according to Gallup’s index of crime victimization. Since 2000, the percentage of households that have been […] Read more »
Hacking Tops List of Crimes Americans Worry About Most
As the list of major U.S. retailers hit by credit card hackers continues to grow this year, Americans are more likely to worry about having credit card information they used in stores stolen by computer hackers than any other crime they are asked about. Sixty-nine percent of Americans report they […] Read more »
‘Eye for an Eye’ Top Reason for Death Penalty
Americans who favor the death penalty most often cite “an eye for an eye” as the reason they hold their position, with 35% mentioning it. “Save taxpayers money” and “they deserve it” tie as the second-most-popular reasons Americans volunteer in this open-ended measure, at 14% each. CONT. Art Swift, Gallup Read more »
Support for Death Penalty Stable
Six in 10 Americans favor the death penalty for convicted murderers, generally consistent with attitudes since 2008. Since 1937, support has been as low as 42% in 1966 and as high as 80% in 1994. CONT. Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »