Americans’ satisfaction with both race relations and the situation for blacks and other racial minorities in the U.S. edged down from last year, the only two areas of the 28 Gallup measured to decline significantly over this period. … The biggest positive changes over the past year were increases in […] Read more »
US Satisfaction: Quality of Life First, Race Relations Last
As the nation prepares to transition to Donald Trump’s administration, solid majorities of Americans are satisfied with the U.S. quality of life, the opportunity to get ahead by working hard and the nation’s military strength. They are much less satisfied with the state of race relations, the nation’s efforts to […] Read more »
The vast majority of these counties voted for Donald Trump — even if they had backed Democrats for years
A new analysis of labor data offers insight into why Donald Trump delivered surprise wins in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Yes, he swept the Rust Belt. But more specifically, he won over voters in counties that were most dependent on blue-collar work — including hordes of longtime Democratic voters. The […] Read more »
Widespread Pessimism or Glimmers of Hope? US Consumer Confidence After the 2016 Presidential Election
The 2016 US presidential election can be characterized by widespread discontent with the status quo. Indeed, a supermajority of Americans see the system as broken. And strong majorities across party lines believe that America is on the “wrong track”. However, American consumer confidence has strongly rebounded since the Great Recession […] Read more »
Economic Confidence Reaches Record High in December
Americans ended 2016 with higher confidence in the U.S. economy than they have expressed at any other point since 2008. Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index averaged +9 in December, up eight points from November. CONT. Justin McCarthy, Gallup Read more »
High Expectations Could Bedevil Trump
Some things in politics are hard to reconcile. Since Donald Trump’s election last month, economic optimism has skyrocketed. … With all that in mind, consider that President Obama’s job-approval ratings are way up. … So how can voters be happy with Obama’s job in office and yet almost euphoric about […] Read more »