Polling the Nations

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Description: Compilation of the full-text of the questions and responses from over 12,000 national, state, and local surveys conducted by 700 polling organizations in the United State and more than 70 other countries. The database covers over 4,000 subjects, including: Business; Current Events; Demographics; Economics; Education; Family Studies; Health Sciences; Law; Marketing; Planning; Political Science; Population Studies; Psychology; Public Affairs; Public Health; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Social Sciences; Social Work; Sociology; and Statistics. Information is gathered by professional polling organizations, television networks, universities, newspapers, businesses and associations, including the Gallup Poll, the Roper Organization Poll and others. List of contributing polling organizations. Updated monthly. Also see LC print holdings for the American Public Opinion Index by the Opinion Research Service; Gallup Polls; Harris Poll; and the Roper Public Opinion Research Center.

Other online polling resources:

• ABC News Polling Unit (1999–present)
• ACRL Guide to Public Opinion Poll Websites
• Canadian Opinion Research Archive
• CBS News Polls
• CISER (Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research): Public Opinion Surveys
• Eurobarometer and European Social Survey (the ESS)
• FOM: Public Opinion Foundation (Russia)
• Gallup Organization
• Harris Poll Library
• L.A. Times Polls (1996–present)
• New York Times Polls (2002–present)
• NPR/Kaiser/Kennedy School Polls (1999–present)
• Pew Research Center
• Public Agenda Online
• Public Opinion Poll Question Database
• Questionbank: UK Social Surveys and Research Questionnaires Online and UK Data Archive–Major Studies
• Roper Center Guide to Survey Research
• Time Magazine/SRBI Polls (2004-present)
• Washington Post Polls (1997–present)

Subject(s)
Area Studies
Business, Economics & Industry
Multidisciplinary
Politics & Government
Statistics (numeric data)
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ALA Guide to public opinion poll Web sites: Polling data from around the world

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