The Gallup U.S. Daily Tracking poll was conducted between 2008 and 2017 to collect Americans' opinions and perceptions on political and economic current events. It included two parallel surveys, the U.S. Daily and the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index. Gallup interviews approximately 1,000 U.S. adults every day, half of whom respond to the U.S. Daily survey and the other half respond to the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index survey. The U.S. Daily survey includes information about political affiliation, presidential approval ratings, economic confidence, and religion. The Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index includes information on health insurance, exercise, dietary choices, and overall well-being.

Contains Gallup data from countries that are home to more than 98% of the world's population through a state-of-the-art Web-based portal. Gallup Analytics puts Gallup's best global intelligence in users' hands to help them better understand the strengths and challenges of the world's countries and regions. Users can access Gallup's U.S. Daily tracking and World Poll data to compare residents' responses region by region and nation by nation to questions on topics such as economic conditions, government and business, health and wellbeing, infrastructure, and education.

The Gallup Analytics Database is accessed through the Cornell University Libraries here. In addition, a CUL subscription also allows access to the Gallup Respondent Level Data. For access please refer to the documentation below and then request the variables you need here.

Before requesting data from the World Poll, please see the Getting Started guide and the Worldwide Research Methodology and Codebook (You will need to request access). The Codebook will give you information about all available variables in the datasets. There are other guides available as well in the google folder. You can also access information about questions asked and variables using the Gallup World Poll Reference Tool. You will need to create your user account to access the tool. This will only give you access to information about the questions asked and variables. It will not give you access to the data.

For further documentation and information see this site from New York University Libraries. The Gallup documentation for the World Poll methodology is also available under the Data and Documentation tab.

In addition to the World Poll and Daily Tracking Poll, also available are the Gallup Covid-19 Survey, Gallup Poll Social Series Surveys, Race Relations Survey, Confidence in Institutions Survey, Honesty and Ethics in Professions Survey, and Religion Battery.

The process for getting access to respondent-level data from the Gallup U.S. Daily Tracking is similar to the World Poll Survey. There is no comparable discovery tool for U.S. Daily Tracking poll questions, however. Users need to consult the codebooks and available variables across years.

The COVID-19 web survey began on March 13, 2020 with daily random samples of U.S. adults, aged 18 and older who are members of the Gallup Panel. Before requesting data, please see the Gallup Panel COVID-19 Survey Methodology and Codebook.

The Gallup Poll Social Series (GPSS) dataset is a set of public opinion surveys designed to monitor U.S. adults’ views on numerous social, economic, and political topics. More information is available on the Gallup website: https://www.gallup.com/175307/gallup-poll-social-series-methodology.aspx As each month has a unique codebook, contact CCSS-ResearchSupport@cornell.edu to discuss your interests and start the data request process.

Starting in 1973, Gallup started measuring the confidence level in several US institutions like Congress, Presidency, Supreme Court, Police, etc. The included dataset includes data beginning in 1973 and data is collected once per year. Users should consult the list of available variables.

The Race Relations Poll includes topics that were previously represented in the GPSS Minority Relations Survey that ran through 2016. The Race Relations Survey was conducted November 2018. Users should consult the codebook for this poll before making their request.

The Honesty and Ethics in Professions Survey – Starting in 1976, Gallup started measuring US perceptions of the honesty and ethics of a list of professions. The included dataset was added to the collection in March 2023 and includes data ranging from 1976-2022. Documentation for this collection is located here and will require you to request access.

Religion Battery: Consolidated list of items focused on religion in the US from 1999-2022. Documentation for this collection is located here and will require you to request access.

Gallup defines engaged employees as those who are involved in, enthusiastic about and committed to their work and workplace. Through Gallup Daily tracking, Gallup categorizes workers as "engaged" based on their responses to key workplace elements it has found predict important organizational performance outcomes. Daily results are based on telephone interviews with approximately 1,500 U.S. adults who are employed for an employer; margin of error is ±3 percentage points.

Gallup has developed Gallup Analytics, which allows Users to access data from the Gallup World Poll, the Gallup U.S. Daily tracking and the historical data from the Gallup Poll Social Series. Gallup Analytics includes questions and indexes covering topics such as economics, politics and well-being.

Gallup tracked daily the percentage of Americans who approved or disapproved of the job Barack Obama was doing as president. Daily results were based on telephone interviews with approximately 1,500 national adults; Margin of error is ±3 percentage points.

Abstract

From 2008-2017, Gallup conducted a daily telephone survey asking U.S. adults about various political, economic, and well-being topics. Gallup interviewed approximately 1,000 U.S. adults each day and 350,000 U.S. adults annually. The survey’s large sample sizes allow researchers to conduct more detailed analyses.

In 2018, Gallup transitioned to a weekly Politics and Economy survey conducted by telephone, and a monthly mail survey on Well-Being. 1,500 weekly telephone interviews of U.S. adults were conducted for the Politics and Economy survey.

In 2019, the Politics and Economy survey was discontinued. The U.S. Well-Being survey track for 2019 only includes data from January-August 2019 and was discontinued in 2020.

For more details about the U.S. Daily Poll and how it has evolved, see Methodology and Supporting Files, below.

Methodology

The methodology for the Gallup US Daily poll has changed over time, and is summarized below. For greater detail, see the Supporting Files.

2008-2017

Gallup conducted a daily survey asking 1,000 U.S. adults about various political, economic, and well-being topics*. *On any given evening, approximately 200 Gallup interviewers conduct computer-assisted telephone interviews with randomly sampled respondents, aged 18 and older, including cellphone users and Spanish-speaking respondents from all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. The survey includes many standard demographics such as race, income, education, employment status, and occupation. Location data, such as ZIP codes, allow researchers to map the responses to particular parts of the country and accumulate data for local-level comparison and interpretation.

Between Jan. 2, 2008-Dec. 31, 2012, all 1,000 daily interviews were from one survey.

Between Jan. 3, 2013-2017, 500 interviews were conducted using the Well-Being survey, and 500 interviews were conducted using the Politics and Economy survey. Certain items appear on both survey tracks.

2018

In 2018, Gallup transitioned to a weekly Politics-Economy survey conducted by telephone, and a monthly mail survey on Well-Being. 1,500 weekly telephone interviews of U.S. adults were conducted for the Politics-Economy survey.

2019

The Politics-Economy survey was discontinued in 2019. GPSS is a suggested source of some of these poll questions. (Note that GPSS is not a daily survey, and does not have as rich a sample size). The U.S. Well-Being survey track for 2019 only includes data from January-August 2019 and was discontinued in 2020.

Usage

See supporting files:

• Gallup_Data_Use_Agreement.pdf

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Bulk Data Access

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Gallup's Economic Confidence Index combines the responses of Gallup's Economic Conditions and Economic Outlook measures. Daily results are based on telephone interviews with approximately 1,500 national adults; Margin of error is ±3 percentage points.

These results are for likely voters, who are the respondents Gallup deems most likely to vote based on their responses to a series of questions asking about current voting intentions, thought given to the election, and past voting behavior. Each seven-day rolling average is based on telephone interviews with approximately 2,700 likely voters; margin of error is ±2 percentage points.

Gallup tracks daily the percentage of Americans who approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president. Weekly results are based on telephone interviews with approximately 3,500 national adults; Margin of error is ±2 percentage points.

This Gallup poll seeks the opinions and views of Canadians on several leading topics of the day. The major issues discussed are all significant from a political perspective, as the questions often involve problems facing politicians, or are about opinions towards the political leaders and parties directly. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, demographic, and social variables. The topics of interest include: whether Bingo games should be allowed to raise money in Canada; American investment in Canada; artists developing their talents in Canada; cigarette smoking; dating in highschool; Diefenbaker's performance as leader of the opposition; whether it is easy to get a divorce in Canada; federal elections; free trade with the United States; whether French Canadians are receiving full rights under Confederation; listening to shortwave radio; using government lotteries to help pay for social services; whether to legalize off-track betting; Pearson's performance as Prime Minister; unemployment predictions; union membership; and voting behaviour. Basic demographics variables are also included.

Gallup tracks daily the average dollar amount Americans report spending or charging on a daily basis, not counting the purchase of a home, motor vehicle, or normal household bills. Respondents are asked to reflect on the day prior to being surveyed. Weekly results are based on telephone interviews with approximately 3,500 national adults; Margin of error is +/- $8.

Pain rates in the gallup world poll, 2009–2020 and gallup US tracker poll, 2009–2017.