“Gallup’s analysis of political party affiliation at the state level in 2015 finds that 20 states are solidly Republican or leaning Republican, compared with 14 solidly Democratic or leaning Democratic states,” the polling service reports. That’s big news for Republicans. “This is the first time in Gallup’s eight years of tracking partisanship by state that…
American Opposition To Homosexuality Falls, But Not Opposition To Abortion
Gallup has a poll out comparing America’s shifting views on social issues. According to the overall findings, Gallup is claiming that social conservatives and social liberals are at parity for the first time since this poll began in 1999. I could quibble with this polling by arguing that these terms are flexible . For…
North Dakota Goes From 1st To 23rd In Happiest State Ranking
In 2014, when it was announced by Gallup that North Dakota was the happiest state in the union in 2013, the news was immediately touted by Republicans around the state. They saw it as proof positive that their policies are working. But the 2015 survey results, covering polling done in 2014, shows North Dakota tumbling…
Just 10 Percent Of North Dakotans Said They’re Likely To Move Away
Gallup has a survey of residents in the fifty states measuring how many residents of each state would like to move. In North Dakota, 69 percent of residents said they like where they’re at, and 30 percent said they think about moving. But perhaps more tellingly, when asked how likely they are to move, just…
Why Democrats Aren’t Likely To Gain Ground In North Dakota This Year
After a negative post about the NDGOP’s dismal 2014 fundraising, I suppose I should give Republicans a pick-me-up, so here it is. According to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, North Dakota is tops in the nation. “More than 178,000 interviews nationwide fueled the 2013 analysis, which examined Americans’ perceptions on topics such as physical and emotional health,…
North Dakota Leads States In Percentage Of Population Working
A couple of days ago Gallup released numbers showing North Dakota tops among states in that organization’s Job Creation Index. Now Gallup has another report out, this time measuring the payroll-to-population rate. “Gallup’s P2P metric tracks the percentage of the adult population aged 18 and older that is employed full time for an employer for…
North Dakota Has The Fewest Number Of Self-Identified Gays In The Nation
I posted this earlier today in the headlines. According to Gallup, North Dakota has the lowest percentage in the nation of citizens identifying themselves as gay, lesbian or transgendered. PRINCETON, NJ — The percentage of U.S. adults who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) ranges from 1.7% in North Dakota to 5.1% in…
Is North Dakota One Of The Most Conservative States In America?
A new Gallup poll has North Dakota ranked as one of the most conservative in America based on how North Dakotans describe themselves: By many measures, the state is quite conservative. The presence of just one abortion clinic, just barely across the border from Minnesota in Fargo, speaks to how socially conservative the state is.…
