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USA Today/Gallup Poll: Public's willingness to vote for presidential candidates from a variety of backgrounds
- A recent USA Today/Gallup poll updated a question first asked in 1937 about the public's willingness to vote for presidential candidates from a variety of different genders, religions, and other backgrounds.
- Of those interviewed 95% would vote for a Catholic and 4% would not
- 94% said yes to a black person and 5% said no
- 92% said yes to someone that is Jewish and 7% said no
- 88% would vote for a women while 11% would not
- 87% would vote for someone that is Hispanic and 12% said no
- 72% would vote for a Mormon and 24% would not
- 67% would vote for someone that has been married for a third time and 30% would not
- 45% would vote for an atheist and 53% would not.
- 42% of Americans say they would not vote for a 72-year-old candidate, even though the majority (57%) still would.
- 55% would vote for a homosexual candidate
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Date: 2/22/2007
A Gallup Poll surveys how Americans feel about Muslim countries
- A Gallup Poll conducted on Jan. 15-18 showed that 26 percent of Americans attribute Muslim countries’ unfavorable opinion of the nation to what the U.S. has done - up from 11 percent in 2002.
- The majority of Americans still believe the people’s negative opinion is due to misinformation (57 percent).
- Five years after 2002, the vast majority of Americans say Muslim countries have unfavorable views of the U.S. (81 percent).
- The minority of Americans, about one-third, report having an unfavorable opinion of Muslim countries, another third say they have neutral opinions, and one-fourth have favorable opinions.
- 20% of Republicans have a favorable opinion and 47% have an unfavorable opinion of Muslim countries
- 28% Independents have a favorable opinion while 32% have an unfavorable opinion
- 29% of Democrats have a favorable opinion while 29% have an unfavorable opinion.
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Date: 2/5/2007
Gallup economic data shows that consumers, investors, and small business owners are more positive about current economic conditions
- New Gallup Poll economic data show that consumers, investors, and small-business owners are now more positive about current economic conditions than they have been in years.
- Investor optimism soared to its highest level since 2004, with the UBS/Gallup Index of Investor Optimism reaching 103 for January 2007.
- The Index jumped 13 points from last month's reading, marking only the fifth time the Index has been above 100 since December 2000.
- In December the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index attained a record-high score of 114.
- This is up four points from September, and is the highest level for the Index since its inception in August 2003, when it stood at 69.
- The Experian/Gallup Personal Credit Index (PCI) reached 105 in January 2007 -- up 22 points over the two months since November 2006 .
- The PCI is now at its highest level since its inception in February 2005, when it was benchmarked at 100.
- In a Gallup Poll conducted Jan. 15-18, 52% of consumers rated current U.S. economic conditions as good or excellent
- This is up from 42% in December and the highest consumer rating of current economic conditions since January 2001, when 67% of consumers gave the economy a "good" or "excellent" rating
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Date: 1/31/2007
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