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City and Regional Planning Tools: Public Opinion and Demographics Resources

Credit: conceived of and executed by Courtney Bower | Contact: Martha Walker: maw6@cornell.edu

Introduction

This section has a range of resources to help planning students (and other interested students) find and engage with public polling and demographic information.

Research Guides

Polling and Public Opinion Data: A Research Guide

Click on the TABS to access each section of this guide.

Polling and Public Opinion Sources Online

Databases

Roper Center For Public Opinion Research

A nonprofit education and research organization and data repository.

iPoll databank at Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

Surveys

Pew Research Center
Information on demographics, public opinion, and a range of social issues. Datasets available for download on an extended list of topics.
Gallup
Historical US and global opinion poll research.
The General Social Survey
Public opinion polling and research since 1972,

Books

Political Polling in the Digital Age by Kirby Goidel (Editor); Charlie Cook (Introduction by); Mark Blumenthal (Contribution by); Charles Franklin (Contribution by); Annalee Greenberg (Contribution by); Susan Herbst (Contribution by); Scott Keeter (Contribution by)
ISBN: 9780807138298

Publication Date: 2011-05-02
Understanding Public Opinion Polls by Jelke Bethlehem
ISBN: 9781315154220

Publication Date: 2017-09-05

Last Updated: Oct 5, 2022 3:15 PM
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Subjects: City and Regional Planning

Tags: city, city_regional_planning, regional planning, Urban studies