The public’s scorn for a Congress with a gridlocked agenda continues to grow, with a new Gallup poll out today showing American confidence in the institution at Congress as an institution is at 10 percent — the lowest level for...
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The Russell Senate Office Building in Washington.
Congress 10%, Military 76% — Spectrum of Public Opinion
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Former President George W. Bush shows three fingers for "W" as his wife and former first lady Laura Bush after the opening ceremony for the George W. Bush Presidential Center on April 25, 2013 in Dallas, Texas.
Bush is Back: Positive Polling
George W. Bush is back. In positive territory, that is. Barely. Not since 2005, the folks at Gallup say, have more Americans held a positive view of the 43rd president than those who had a negative view. Not until now:...
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Pedestrians carry shopping bags on Fifth Avenue in New York.
Americans Critical of Economic Stewardship — Though Less So
The grades are still low, but they’re better than last year. While Washington policy makers are being blamed for sequestration and the budget impasse, Americans this year are registering improving confidence in their leaders’ ability to “do or to recommend...
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Palestinian militants of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades stand guard on the roof of a building in the West Bank village of Saair on February 25, 2013 during the funeral of Arafat Jaradat, an inmate who died in an Israeli prison.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 48
That’s the percentage of Americans who favor putting more pressure on Palestinians than the Israelis amid the stalled Middle East peace process, according to Gallup. That compared with 25 percent who said the U.S. should put more pressure on the...
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People gather at the scene of a car bomb attack close to one of the main gates to the heavily-fortified Green Zone, which houses major government offices and the embassies of several countries, including the United States and Britain in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 19, 2013.
Iraq Ten Years After — ‘Mistake’ Registering Slim Majority in Polls
Ten years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, there is a striking similarity in two polls asking the same question. Was it a mistake? Fifty-four percent of Americans think the U.S. should have stayed out of Iraq, according to the...
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An Israeli woman and her children stay in a large concrete pipe used as a bomb shelter after a rocket was launched from the Gaza Strip on November 12, 2012 in Netivot, Israel.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 64
That’s the percentage of Americans who say they’re more sympathetic to the Israelis than to the Palestinians amid stalled Middle East peace talks, according to Gallup. The 64 percent figure ties a 25-year high set in 1991 during the Persian...
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Outdoor space heaters wait to be removed by volunteers, employees and contractors from the Service Employees International Union as they work to break down 'The People's Camp' on the National Mall west of the U.S. Capitol.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 13%
That’s the approval rating of Congress, according to a Gallup survey conducted March 7-10. The figure is little changed from a month ago, when Congress had a 15 percent approval rating. The most recent surveys were conducted after automatic budget...
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Texas Governor Rick Perry says his first priority as president would be to do away with the new health care law while being interviewed by Google Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair pin this August 15, 2011 file photo in Iowa.
Perry’s Titanic Texas: Health Insurance
Updated at 3:30 pm EDT What don’t Rick Perry and Mitt Romney have in common? Health insurance for their fellow home states’ residents. It was Perry, the Texas governor who also sought the Republican Party’s presidential nomination last year, who...
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Women in New York City.
National Obesity Index: 26.2%
One third of the people in West Virginia are fat. It’s the most obese state of all, by the measure of the Gallup organization and Healthways. Coloradans are the least likely in the nation to be obese — theirs is...
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President Barack Obama departs after speaking to the automatic spending cuts set to kick in.
Obama’s Approval: Sequestered 5%
A couple of things started happening on March 1: – The so-called “sequestration” of Defense and other discretionary federal spending. – A five-point slide in President Barack Obama’s approval ratings. The latest rating of the president’s job performance — 46...
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