Gallup finds several indicators of national mood -- including U.S. satisfaction, economic confidence, and presidential job approval -- holding steady in May at levels that don't bode particularly well for Barack Obama's re-election.

By a 56% to 36% margin, Americans think Barack Obama rather than Mitt Romney will win the 2012 presidential election. This is the case even though Americans' own vote preferences currently are evenly divided between the two candidates.

U.S. economic confidence for the week ending May 13 is -18, unchanged from the previous week, meaning Americans are maintaining a slightly more positive outlook on the U.S. economy than was recorded in April.

Fifty-nine percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents are satisfied with Mitt Romney as their party's nominee; 36% would have preferred someone else. By contrast, eight in 10 Democrats are satisfied with Barack Obama.

Six in 10 Americans say President Obama's support for same-sex marriage will make no difference to their vote. Twenty-six percent say it will make them less likely to vote for him, including 23% of independents and 10% of Democrats.

Residents in most Asian countries surveyed in 2011 are more likely to approve of their leaders than disapprove. Laos' president earned one of the highest approval ratings (97%}, while Pakistan's president earned the lowest (20%}.

These are the results when registered voters are asked: "Suppose the presidential election were held today. If Barack Obama were the Democratic Party's candidate and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney were the Republican Party's candidate, wh

More than six in 10 Americans think the United States benefits from having a class of rich people, unchanged from 22 years ago. Similarly, 63% say they personally would like to be rich, up from 59% in 1990.

Thirty-two percent of 18- to 29-year-olds in the U.S. workforce were underemployed in April, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment. Young adults are more than twice as likely as those who are older to be underemployed.

U.S. economic confidence for the week ending May 6 is at -18, up slightly from the previous week and within one percentage point of the highest weekly average measured since Gallup began tracking economic confidence daily in 2008.