Gallup Poll Finds Surge in Positive Ratings of Auto Industry in US; Still Less Favorable Than in 2000-2005
23 August 2010
Americans’ opinions of the automobile industry have posted a 15-point positive increase after reaching an all-time low last year, and now tilt more positive than negative for the first time in three years, according to a new Gallup poll. The 15-point increase in the percentage rating the auto industry positively ties the largest one-year improvement in Gallup’s 10-year history of measuring public opinion on major US business industries.
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Despite the improvement, the image of the auto industry has merely recovered from the losses of the past two years, and is much less favorable than it was in 2001-2005, when positive ratings significantly outnumbered negative ones.
The automobile industry now ranks in the middle of the list of 25 business industries and sectors rated 5-8 Aug. in Gallup’s annual Work and Education Poll. The computer and restaurant industries are rated most positively, while the oil and gas industry receives the worst ratings.
Automobile and banking were the two industries most adversely affected by the recent recession, and Gallup documented significant decreases in the percentage of Americans viewing each positively. Positive views of the banking industry remain depressed.
And this has importance why??
Posted by: Reel$$ | 23 August 2010 at 07:18 AM
Reel$$: Answer is media bias supporting a political administration looking for anything positive going into the November elections.
Posted by: ejj | 23 August 2010 at 08:22 AM