Poll: More Americans calling themselves pro-life

A Gallup Poll released Friday found that 51 percent of Americans now call themselves pro-life rather than pro-choice on the issue of abortion, the first time a majority gave that answer in the 15 years that Gallup has asked the question.

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Bush Mostly Down in Polls

In February 2001, President Bush delivered an economic address to a joint session of Congress; in subsequent years he presented his annual State of the Union address. A look at his approval rating in the Gallup Poll around the time of each speech.

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Bush Mostly Down in Polls

President Bush delivered an economic address to a joint session of Congress in February 2001 and in subsequent years presented his annual State of the Union address. A look at his standing in the Gallup Poll at about the time of each speech.

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If I were a conservative, I would probably tout the new Gallup study showing that conservatives now outnumber moderates, as Bill Kristol did in his column on Tuesday.

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While Edwards' national political career is most certainly finished, another former vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, may be just beginning hers. Palin became a bit of a sensation after John McCain tapped her as his running mate last August.

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Americans' approval of the job Congress is doing is at 21% this month, down significantly from last month's 31% and from the recent high of 39% in March.

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excerpt: "" It seems the film Creation, a major-production biopic about Charles Darwin starring Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly, won't be seen in the United States because no distributor with the guts to stand up to the religious right in this country can be found:

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Americans come down strongly in opposition to South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson's "You lie!" outburst during President Obama's address to Congress on healthcare last Wednesday, though majorities on both sides of the issue do not seem passionate in their views.

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Barack Obama's latest job approval rating is 51%, according to Aug. 23-25 Gallup Daily tracking.

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Public approval ratings of Barack Obama may be falling quickly right now—but his rating of the American public is probably falling even faster.

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The Republican Party is disintegrating in front of our eyes. The latest Gallup Poll has them leading in party identification in six states. Six! They're tied in two. That means they're trailing in 42 states!

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For those of us who love maps, Gallup today has put out a nifty set illustrating the differential religious makeup of the American states.

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The dire predictions of religious and identity-based mayhem reached their peak between 2004 and 2006, when bombs exploded in Madrid and London, a controversial film director was shot and stabbed to death in Amsterdam, and angry demonstrators marched against publication of satiric …

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Throughout his campaign for the White House, after his election victory, and as soon as he assumed office, President Obama made it clear that reforming the health care system would be at the top of his agenda.

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Some in the media are bending over backward to claim a new Gallup Poll has favorable numbers for Sarah Palin.

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This is all well and good if you're a conservative, but as even Gallup acknowledges, there's a lot less going on here than implied. Consider, for instance, Gallup's own long-time trend line on ideological affiliation:

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Presidents typically enjoy positive approval ratings during the early stages of their presidencies, commonly known as the "honeymoon" period. Barack Obama is no exception, with ratings that have generally been above 60%.

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Four in ten of those surveyed prefer suds.

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PRINCETON, NJ -- A new Gallup Poll finds 51% of Americans saying North Korea currently poses a direct threat to U.S. security.

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When we say the GOP is led by Rush, Newt and Cheney, we're not making it up. According to the Gallup's polling, Republicans see it that way. But, more see no leader at all

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From the seeded article, Little Change in U.S. Obama Approval After Cairo Speech:

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Here's some good, if unsurprising, news: support for allowing gays to serve openly in the military is up considerably since 2004.  For the past few decades public opinion on all kinds of gay issues has trended more tolerant by about 1% per year, and Gallup's latest poll confirms …

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Americans are generally supportive of President Barack Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. A majority of Americans, 54%, say they would like to see the Senate confirm her to the Court, according to a May 29-31 USA Today/Gallup poll.

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So far in May, Barack Obama has averaged 65% job approval. Since World War II, only three of the previous eight presidents elected to their first terms -- Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan -- have had a higher average approval rating in May of their first year.

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A new Gallup analysis shows that the precipitous decline in the number of people who identify themselves as Republicans is widespread across nearly every demographic group -- a development that suggests that there is no simple solution to solving the party's current problems.

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The abortion debate is a shape-shifter, its contours twisted by politics, culture, timing and the very language pollsters use when they ask people how they feel.

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Obama continues to win high public approval for his performance in office despite a first 100 days packed with numerous major domestic and foreign policy decisions, some of which were politically risky.

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The Democratic Party, which has cast the GOP as "The Party of No,'' also has reeled out a "Survivor'' web-video...asking which one of the GOP's spokesmen "will battle for the heart and soul of the party." Some of the faces are familiar -- and Powell, suggests, also a problem:

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