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The 2024 year may be one for Americans to forget with a divided nation thanks to a contentious presidential election cycle. That political divide may have weighed into the recent world country rankings, where the U.S. hit a new low. What Happened: While many investors may have been happy in 2024...

Seven in 10 Americans now think marijuana use should be legal, the highest level yet after holding steady at 68% for the past three years, according to a Gallup poll released on Wednesday. And this was before Tuesday's Ohio’s historic vote legalizing recreational...

Americans love their weed. No doubt about it. A new Gallup poll released Monday confirmed that support for marijuana legalization has grown both among Democrats and Republicans. However, the partisan gap on the issue is much wider than it was decades ago, as Democrats embrace...

As more and more US states legalize marijuana and studies shed light on the various impacts the plant has on our bodies, Americans seem to be more united than ever on the idea of fully embracing the plant. A new survey from Pew Research Center revealed that 88% of U.S...

America has learned to love marijuana, and a new Gallup poll released on Tuesday proves that. For the past three years, two-thirds of U.S. adults have supported marijuana legalization. In 1969, when Gallup first asked the legalization question, only 12% of Americans supported the issue. For over...

This article was originally published on July 8, 2022. A new Gallup poll shows Americans posting record-low confidence levels in some items. Confidence in religion and Congress had big declines in June compared to the previous year. One item that isn’t a favorite of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:...

For decades, Gallup has been surveying Americans about their habits and attitudes toward alcohol, cigarettes and cannabis. Here's what the latest poll reveals: Alcohol It's the most widely consumed substance of all three Around 45% of those surveyed confirm having an alcoholic drink in the...

The number of Americans who think that marijuana should be legally obtainable hit a record high for the second year in a row, according to a new Gallup survey released Thursday, which showed that as many as 68% of U.S. residents support cannabis legalization. The figure is...

How will Americans vote this fall given the coronavirus pandemic roiling the country? Will states mandate that voters mail in their ballots? Gallup recently released data on how Americans prefer exercising their right to vote come the 2020 presidential election in November. Benzinga analyzed data...

President Donald Trump rarely misses a chance to shout out his affection for ruby-red states such as West Virginia, where his support borders on the worshipful even though his national approval ratings are at historic lows. "There's a lot of love in this big, beautiful place. And a lot of...

Much has been made of the recent Washington Post/ABC News poll showing President Donald Trump’s approval rating hitting 36 percent, a historic 70-year low in the history of polls. But a Gallup survey that grabbed less attention delves more deeply into what ticks off people the most: his...

The world of President Donald Trump gets grimmer with the passing of each day, with his approval rating hitting new lows. However, the paradox seems to be the fact that the markets have turned a blind eye to some of his eccentricities and instead have cheered his leadership in a big way by hitting...

Trump trashing has reached a crescendo, but is it the climax of his presidency? The development is quite unsurprising given the unpopular executive orders President Donald Trump has signed and the presidential memorandums put forward and his unprecedented social media engagement during his first...

Although Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are very different presidential candidates with extremely dissimilar policy platforms, they seem to agree on two issues: eliminating drug price gouging and creating new jobs. And this makes sense. According to a recent Gallup poll 88 percent of...

As many states that have not legalized marijuana — in one form or another — prepare to decide on the issue on November 8, support for legal pot among Americans has hit a 47-year high. A recent Gallup poll has found that 60 percent of Americans (up from 58 percent last year) now believe...