- Polling
Report
- Use this to locate specific questions asked in polls
during the past decade. as reported by "An independent,
nonpartisan resource on trends in American public
opinion." Many questions come from polling organizations
below.
- Gallup
Poll
- "George Gallup founded the American Institute of
Public Opinion -- which evolved into The Gallup
Organization -- in 1935. Since then, Gallup-affiliated
organizations in the United States and throughout the
world have assessed public opinion on a wide range of
political, social, and economic issues, including the
hopes and fears of people around the globe, their
leisure-time activities, their morals and manners, and
their religious beliefs."
- Pew
Research Center for the People and the Press
- "An independent, non-partisan public opinion research
organization that studies attitudes toward politics, the
press and public policy issues. . . The Center conducts
regular monthly polls on politics and major policy issues
as well as the News Interest Index, a weekly survey aimed
at gauging the public's interest in and reaction to major
news events. Shorter commentaries are produced on a
regular basis addressing the issues of the day from a
public opinion perspective. In addition, the Center
periodically fields major surveys on the news media,
social issues and international affairs."
- National
Opinion Research Center
- Founded in 1941, NORC is based at the University of
Chicago. It is especially noted for its General Social
Survey, which started in 1972 and continues to monitor
social change and the growing complexity of American
society.
- Roper
Center for Public Opinion Research
- "The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is one
of the world's leading archives of social science data,
specializing in data from surveys of public opinion. The
data held by the Roper Center range from the 1930s, when
survey research was in its infancy, to the present. Most
of the data are from the United States, but over 50
nations are represented."
- American
National Election Studies
- Originating in 1948 at the Survey Research Center at
the University of Michigan, ANES has a body of comparable
national surveys for American presidential elections
since 1952.
- Odum
Institute Data Archive
- Affiliated with the University of North Carolina:
"The Dataverse Network at Odum contains one of the
oldest and largest catalog of machine-readable data in
the U.S. It has an extensive collection of U.S. Census
data, including one of the most complete holdings for
1970 Census files. Other major sources of data include
the North Carolina State Data Center, which distributes
North Carolina census data, and the National Center for
Health Statistics. Many studies are public, but note that
some studies are restricted to UNC affiliates."
- NPR/Kaiser/Kennedy
School Polls
- Three institutions collaborate in conduction national
polls on important issues in politics, business, health,
science, and public affairs.
- NPR/Kaiser/Kennedy
Poll: Americans Distrust/Want Government
- An example, is this report from a 2000 poll:
"Americans may say they distrust government, but a new
survey by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard
University's Kennedy School of Government casts doubt on
what they really mean when they say that: Most Americans,
the survey found, want more government involvement and
more government regulation to solve the nation's
problems."
- American
Viewpoint
- "American Viewpoint is one of the most
widely-respected public opinion research and strategic
message consulting firms in the United States. Founded in
1985 by Linda DiVall, the company has established a
national reputation for outstanding quantitative and
qualitative research in politics, corporate affairs,
public policy and government relations." This firm does
surveys for Republican and business clients.
- Americans
and the World: Public Opinion on International
Affairs
- "Welcome to the Americans and the World website, a
source of in-depth information on US public opinion on
international issues. The site includes The Digest, which
provides comprehensive analyses of polling on various
international topics. Over the coming months we will
periodically release analyses of US public opinion on
other international topics."
- Arab-Americans
Institute
- "As the only national organization that promotes Arab
American participation in the U.S. electoral system, AAI
has developed a host of services, from voter education to
liaison with the national parties, to support the
community's activities. We are also the leading policy
and research organization on domestic and policy concerns
of Arab Americans." Conducts its own polls and issues
reports.
- Center on
Policy Attitudes
- "Created to help give a greater voice to the American
public in the policymaking process. Founded in 1992, COPA
seeks to deepen understanding of American public
attitudes by conducting in-depth nationwide polls, focus
groups, and interviews; integrating its findings together
with data from other organizations into a coherent
analysis of majority opinion; and actively communicating
its findings to the policymaking community, the media,
academia and the public."
- Public Agenda:
Public Opinion and Policy Analysis
- "Public Agenda, an innovative public opinion research
and public engagement organization, works to strengthen
our democracy's capacity to tackle tough public policy
issues. Nonpartisan and nonprofit, Public Agenda was
founded by social scientist and author Daniel Yankelovich
and former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance in 1975."
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