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...ranked Bush the worst president in history—a number that undoubtedly would be higher if James Buchanan had mastered that whole leave-the-country-in-one-piece-when-you-exit-office thing. Furthermore, the populace outside the Ivory Tower seems to agree. Last December, a USA-Today Gallup poll indicated that 67 percent of Americans disapprove of Bush’s job as President, and a NBC-Wall Street Journal poll reported that a mere 18 percent of Americans will miss him when he leaves office...
That finding seems to be holding up in this economic downturn as well. At the beginning of the year, polling firm Gallup started asking 1,000 people every night how they felt. Gallup has found that moods do jump around a lot. People are happier on the weekends. Holidays are also big mood boosters. But in general, Gallup has found that the nation's mood has remained relatively stable the whole year, bouncing within the same range even as the economy has deteriorated...
...after the appointment, a move that may have resulted from a personal clash with Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo. She left the government to focus her efforts on the many firms she has started, among them the eponymous NOI, Nigeria’s first independent polling organization, which partners with Gallup...
...system for infusing humdrum regular-season matchups with drama and import. But critics say the BCS can discriminate against worthy underdogs and elevate the wrong teams to its ultimate showdown. Outrage over its capricious rankings spurred Senate hearings in 2003 and a congressional inquiry in 2005. A 2007 Gallup poll found that only 15% of fans would balk at scrapping the present format for a tidy year-end tournament. This year, that number is probably even lower in the Lone Star State...
...Dole, by contrast, faced numbers much more dire than McCain in the final weeks of his race. A 1996 Gallup tracking poll found Dole with just 35% of the national popular vote on the eve of election, compared to 51% for Clinton and 8% for Ross Perot. On election day, Dole carried 19 states and 41% of the vote, compared to Clinton's 31 states and 49% share...