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Polls & Surveys

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Gallup Brain University of Illinois Only

The Gallup Brain is a comprehensive collection of current and archived polls taken by the Gallup Organization since 1935. Interviewing members of the American public for more than 70 years on a wide range of current affairs and general interest issues, the Gallup Poll is one of the best known polls in the United States.


Polling the Nations
University of Illinois Only

Polling the Nations is a compilation of more than 14,000 surveys conducted by over 1,000 polling organizations in the United States and more than 100 other countries from 1986 to the present. Each of the nearly 500,000 records reports a question asked and the responses given. Also included in each record is the polling organization responsible for the work, the date the information was released, the sample size, and universe, i.e., the groups or areas included in the interview, such as parents with children in public schools, Great Britain, the United States, or California.


Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
University of Illinois Only

The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is a non-profit education and research organization that studies politics, government, public institutions, international relations, business, social affairs and consumer behavior. It includes sources from major broadcasting and news organizations.


PollingReport.com
Free resource--no login required

PollingReport.com is an independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion.


Public Agenda Online
Free resource--no login required

Sponsored by fourteen public service-oriented foundations, Public Agenda Online offers over 20 issue guides for such topics as Abortion, Crime, the Federal Budget, Race, Welfare, and Terrorism. Analytical essays, summaries of news articles, and graphs representing poll results enhance Public Agenda's extensive coverage of each topic.

World Public Opinion.org Free resource--no login required

Website devoted to public opinion polls outside of the United States.  Site managed by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland.