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A color-coded map of the world's most and least emotional countries

Source: L.A. Daily News, Nov 28 2012, 1:25pm CST

Since 2009, the Gallup polling firm has surveyed people in 150 countries and territories on, among other things, their daily emotional experience. U.S., scores well above second-ranked El Salvador. Their survey asks ...

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In the U.S., Adultery Tops the List of Morally Wrong Behaviors

Source: Gallup  |   May 21 2013, 11:00am CDT

Gallup Editor-in-Chief Frank Newport reveals that out of a list of 19 moral issues, Americans are most likely to say adultery is wrong and least likely to say birth control is. Click below for more on these topics: Copyright © 2013 Gallup, In ...

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Economic Confidence at All-Time High — Gallup

Source: WalletPop  |   May 21 2013, 10:51am CDT

Americans' confidence in the U.S. economy rose to its highest level since 2008 last week, posting a reading of -5, compared with prior week reading of -11, according to the latest data from Gallup. The index posted a ...

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24 weeks ago


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"Negative emotions are highest in the Middle East and North Africa, with Iraq, Bahrain, and the Palestinian Territories leading the world in negative daily experiences."


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UPDATED: Gallup man gets 25 months

Source: Albuquerque Journal  |   May 21 2013, 7:47am CDT

Derek Yabeny, 27, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who lives in Gallup, was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque to 25 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on assault, federal pro ...

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Gallup Poll: Majority Now Say Gay Sex, Unwed Births, Are Morally OK

Source: The Christian Post  |   May 21 2013, 7:34am CDT

In the new survey, 59 percent of American adults answered that gay or lesbian relations are morally acceptable, a 19 percentage point increase since 2001 when only 40 percent said it was morally acceptable. Sixty percent of respondents sa ...

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Here's how much Americans think families need to get by

Source: MSNBC Blogs  |   May 21 2013, 7:31am CDT

Americans think that a family of four would need to bring in a minimum of $58,000 a year, on average, just to get by in their community, a new Gallup survey finds. That’s more than double the 2012 poverty threshold for a family of four, which was ar ...

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Study: Obesity Rates Highest Among Transportation Workers

Source: CBS Philly  |   May 21 2013, 6:50am CDT

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A new Gallup survey weighs in on 14-occupational groups, and the jobs that have the most obese workers. Transportation workers have the highest obesity rate, at more than 36 percent, followed by manufacturing and production workers a ...

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2 days ago

Obama's Approval Rating Survives Scandal Week

Source: The Atlantic  |   May 19 2013, 7:23pm CDT

Here's one place where the president didn't have a dramatic week: in his approval ratings. According to two polls — the Gallup daily tracking poll, and a CNN/ORC International poll released Sunday — Obama's approval rating has more or ...

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Fear and loathing rocks Botswana

Source: Sunday Standard  |   May 19 2013, 2:39pm CDT

Batswana are among the world's unsafe people with 65 percent of adults saying they do not feel safe walking alone at night according to the 2012 Gallup survey. Despite the countrys relatively stable governme ...

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Slide Show: 10 countries where people fear for their safety

Source: MarketWatch  |   May 19 2013, 6:15am CDT

Last year, more than two-thirds of all people surveyed said they felt safe walking alone at night, according to a Gallup poll conducted in 134 countries. But in 31 countries, less than half the populatio ...

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