US Public Policy
Why: Public Opinion
Public Opinion Counts
Public opinion can exert a powerful force on elected officials and policymaking. Here are ways to find Americans' views on the issues.
- Gallup Poll
- Monthly, 1989 - 2002, Perkins Periodicals G175 ; Annual, 1935 - present, Perkins Ref. HN90.P8 G3; CD-ROM, 1935-1997 index. Perkins Ref. Desk.
- More detail and better indexing than the records in Lexis-Nexis' Public Opinion Online. See also Roper Center below.
- Poll Track in NationalJournal.com
- Major polls on key issues and elected officials, from 1997 to today. From the National Journal database home page, click on Poll Track in the right side menu.
- PollingReport.com
- A site which compiles polling results and data by topic. Updated whenever a new poll is released. Covers major polling sources like Gallup, Newsweek, major networks.
- Public Agenda Online
- "The Inside Source for Public Opinion and Policy Analysis" from a nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization, founded by social scientist and author Daniel Yankelovich and former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance.
- Public Opinion Online in LexisNexis Academic
- Response data and full-text of questions. Includes polls by Gallup, Roper, major TV networks and major newspapers. To search, choose Reference, then Polls & Surveys.
- Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
- Access and download data from polls conducted by many leading survey organizations. Includes iPOLL (organized at the question level, with national surveys from 1935 to the present), Public Opinion Matters, Election Data, and National Science Foundation surveys. View descriptive information about each study, and download the documentation and data files through RoperExpress (those that are in ASCII or SPSS portable formats show an
icon). Some international coverage, including the Latin American DataBank. - Find detailed descriptions via Duke Libraries Data Services.
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