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December 29, 2008More Americans say that football is their favorite sport to watch (41%), beating out baseball (10%), basketball (9%), and ice hockey (4%).
December 26, 2008Among persons living today, Barack Obama (32%) and Hillary Clinton (20%) top Gallup’s list of people whom Americans admire the most.
December 24, 2008One-quarter of Americans think that this Christmas will be happier than prior Christmases, 47% say it will be the same, and just 20% think it will be less happy.
December 19, 2008Despite the current economic climate, 75% of Americans say they have donated money to a charitable cause within the past 12 months and 59% say they have donated money to a religious organization.
December 18, 2008Almost one-quarter (24%) of Americans say that they have considered buying a car in the past six months and then decided not to, and a majority (56%) of those individuals say the major reason for their decision is the economic recession.
December 17, 2008Currently, 42% of Americans say they attend church, synagogue, or mosque weekly or almost weekly, which is on par with reported church attendance for all of 2008.
December 16, 2008Sixty-seven percent of Americans say they would still consider buying a car from one of the U.S. auto companies should they go bankrupt, but 30% say they would definitely not buy a car.
December 12, 2008The current scandal involving Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich may not be all that shocking to the American public, just 22% of whom rated the honesty and ethics of state governors as very high or high as of December 2006.
December 12, 2008In December, Americans estimate they will spend an average of $639 on Christmas gifts this year, which is up slightly from the November estimate of $616, but is still the second-lowest measure in Gallup history.
December 11, 2008Chief Economist Dennis Jacobe explains how Gallup was able to accurately project the larger-than-expected surge in new unemployment claims the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday.
