Public Opinion Polls & Polling

The American National Election Studies (ANES) produces high quality data on voting, public opinion, and political participation. Start with the "Guide to Public Opinion."

The GSS monitors and explain trends in American behaviors, demographics, and opinions.

Conducts and reports on surveys of American political and social attitudes and behaviors. Entries for surveys include a brief analysis, main findings, tables or other graphics, and a description of the methodology. Browse by year (going back to 1998) or search their Harris Poll Library.

The Center is an independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues. Site includes survey results and article-length commentaries. Raw datasets are available for download. Extensive list of links to other opinion polls on the web.

The PollingReport.com gathers poll results from news outlets and other organizations. Information is arranged by broad topic. Each entry is brief with the questions, the results, the sponsoring organization, the date of the survey, and the margin of error.

Nonpartisan surveys and analyses of political and policy topics. Start by browsing the "Issues Guides" or the "Research Studies." Information includes people's chief concerns, bills and proposals, and topic overviews.

The Roper Center collects and archives data from polls and surveys. Check "Quick Links" for links to topics and associated survey questions and data.

Repository for data and reports for serveral large-scale scientific sample surveys such as the Survey of Consumer Attitudes, the Monitoring the Future study of high school youth, and the Retirement Research Center. Sponsored by the University of Michigan.

Gallup surveys the American public on topics relating to major news events, political candidates and issues, social issues, and lifestyle trends. Includes survey questions and results, polling methodology, sample size, and dates of survey.
Use indexes in the individual volumes to search for polling questions from 1998-2008.
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Use to search for polling questions from 1935-1997.
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A monthly publication providing brief descriptions, results, and analysis of recent Gallup polls.