Background Information
- National Council on Public Polls"An association of polling organizations established in 1969. Its mission is to set the highest professional standards for public opinion pollsters, and to advance the understanding, among politicians, the media and general public, of how polls are conducted and how to interpret poll results." [from About NCPP].
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US Polls and Polling Data Online
- Roper@CornellSearch by question via iPoll or search collections (e.g. Presidential Approval)
- ANES (American National Election Survey), Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral BehaviorTables compiled from the ANES datasets:
The Guide is organized according to nine main topics:
1. Social and religious characteristics of the electorate
2. Partisanship and evaluation of the political parties
3. Ideological self-identification
4. Public opinion on public policy issues
5. Support for the political system
6. Political involvement and participation in politics
7. Evaluation of the presidential candidates
8. Evaluation of the congressional candidates
9. Vote choice - Exit Poll datasetsRoper Center Polling Data > US Elections
Exit polling data is collected by Edison Research, a market research and polling firm and purchased by major news networks for their forecasts. The Roper Center’s collection holds all U.S. major media exit polls dating back to the first in 1972, spearheaded by innovator Warren Mitofsky, as well as thousands of datasets from major pre- and post-election polls in the U.S.
See also:
Exit Polls: Surveying the American Electorate,1927-2010. Washington, DC: SAGE Publications Ltd. 2012
(Olin Reference, JK 2007.B47 2012+)
Authors Samuel J. Best and Brian S. Krueger - both election commentators for CBS news and statistical experts - present more than 100 tables and 100 figures showing the changes in the electorate and its voting patterns over time. - Gallup.ComGallup's public Web site provides articles summarizing the results of recent, selected polling data. Includes some international polling.
Detailed data available only to individual subscribers or in the print products we subscribe to: see the print section of this guide. - Pew Research CenterWell-organized site. I haven't had any luck with the "poll question" search, however, the Browse Topics page may work equally well.
- Polling the NationsPolling the Nations is an online database of public opinion polls containing the full text of 500,000 questions and responses from 14,000+ surveys conducted from 1986 through the present in the United States and more than 100 other countries around the world. Searches can be conducted in one of six fields -- topic, question text, universe, date, polling organization and response.
- Public Agenda OnlineNew York: Public Agenda, 1997- .
"A nonpartisan opinion research organization that reports surveys conducted by national firms on public policy issues. Especially strong coverage of quality of life and social issues; for example, race relations, health care, privacy, drug abuse, crime, the environment, and immigration. Lots of eye-catching graphs and tables, and topic-specific pages contain cautionary notes about question wordings, the timing of the featured polls, and margins of error. A swell site." [Pam Baxter, CISER] More information about Public Agenda.
The Gallup PollCall Number: Olin Library, HM 261.G17 2010; Latest volume in ReferenceA cumulative volume covers 1935 through 1971. 1972 to date covered in annual volumes. A cumulative print index covers 1935 to 1997.
Note: The online database of polling questions, iPoll (above) includes historical Gallup polls.
